Black Lagoon Season 3, The Third Volley

by Deathglider003

This is an unofficial season of BL. This is after Revy and Rock return from Japan. A new arrival has come to Roanapur and he has plans for it. A type of redecorating that involves the three B's: Blood, Bodies, and Bullets. This is called The Third Volley.

12. Chapter 12

Episode 12

[Opening Theme: Red Fraction - MELL]

Title: Aftermath

[Opening Scene]

A sense of new beginning filled her body as she finally had gotten rid of the thing that was holding her back. She just cocked her head a smiled a little bit and said "huh...". She never thought that getting rid of her love and superior would be so easy. She traveled with him for so long and grew accustomed to his ways, but she never bothered wondering if she could do it on her own. In her mind the thought would be something of a treasonous act. She had to shed away her old everything and wear this new skin that was much more than she could have ever imagined.

As she started walking away from the corpse of Chriton a phone began to ring. The ringing startled her and she spun around with her Operator drawn out. "Easy Talia," she said to herself "It's just a phone,". She strolled back over to the body and sifted through his pockets. She finally turned his body over and found a satellite phone in the back pouch. She answered the call wondering who it could be. "It's one hell of a mess you made Chriton. I really don't think I will be able to stop her after this. She has her orders and though to me she may be wavering she is determined to see this through. Hurry up and give me my cut and I'll dispose of her quickly," the man said. Talia didn't answer and waited for more information. "Are you even there? If I'm even seen making this phone call things will grow suspicious," he said; his tone getting very anxious. Talia finally spoke up, "He's dead you know?" The man stayed quiet as she continued. "It was easy, I mean to think I didn't think of this before," she said as she started to laugh maniacally. "Well this changes things a bit now, hmmm..." the man said. "I still need payment for my services Talia. If I don't get it then I will have no choice but turn my head and let her go after the rest of his forces, that does include you Talia," he said. "Do what you want. I don't know who you are but be glad that I don't because if I did I'd find you and force feed you your lower intestines," she said. "Fine Talia have it your way, but I shit you not she won't give up until she sees ALL of his men dead," he said quickly as he hurried and hung up the call. Talia didn't know what this man was talking about but in the end she didn't really care. She had to rendezvous with Omega team and the rest of the other surviving teams to make their final attack on Balalaika. She tucked away the SAT phone in a small bag and headed towards the rendezvous of the remaining forces.

As dawn was approaching Eda and her team had rappelled into the sink hole and began sifting through the remains of the destroyed compound hoping to find any type of information that would confirm he was alive or not. The spotlights gleamed over the areas of debris which helped illuminate the areas of mess that couldn't clearly be seen. As her men searched Eda got on the phone with Chang. "It's me," she said. "Any news?" he asked. "Well whatever this place was there was a lot of it. Were you aware of this place even existed?" She inquired. "I remember the city was built over another city back a long time ago. I figure this is what was left of the older city. I didn't think much of it at the time but it would've been a good spot for a place of business. The only thing that ruined it was the fact that it was underneath an unstable area," Chang said. "I do know that there were a lot of exits out of that compound. If you are unable to find anything there I would gladly help by giving you so charts of where these exits are, for a price of course," Chang said smiling to himself. "What is it that you want?" Eda asked. "Well we would like some high end small arms. After facing that assassination team, I rather be well prepared for anything else that may come my way in the near future," he said. "Fine. I tell you now it will take time for the gear to get here but you'll get it," Eda said. "I know I will. Now in the mean time I will have one of my men head down to your area with the charts," he said. "You're not coming down here yourself? Why Chang that's not like you to send someone else down here to deliver something to me ," Eda said edging on Chang to visit. "Yeah, well I don't need any more of this foul city knowing that I'm cooperating with a government agency," He said then hung up. Eda got on her mic and radioed Dreyton. "How's it going down there? Find anything yet?" she asked. "Yeah, more fucking dirt," Dreyton remarked. "This is going to take time Eda," he said. Eda overheard men shouting about finding a body. "Well looks like we found someone," he said to her as he rushed over to the men who found a body. "Cancel that, it's just a dead soldier," he said. "Keep working, I don't care if it takes all day. Oh by the way I'm taking a few of the men to separate parts of city. I found out that there are several exits throughout the island so he might've escaped," she commented. "Do what you need to," Dreyton said "over and out,".

[Lagoon Crew's apartment. Camera moves down the hallway slowly and reaches Revy's room. A loud thump of a glass bottle hitting the ground is heard.]

Revy cracked open another bottle of whatever the hell she could find in her room and started chugging back the liquor. She lied sprawled out on her bed with staring up at the ceiling. "He's gone, he's fucking gone" she said to herself. So many emotions were going through her mind. Her eyes started to water but she refused to let it happen and she continued to hold back the gut wrenching pain. She turned her head and saw the shirt that she bought him before hanging over the back of the chair. "He always wore those stupid business shirt and tie," she said to herself. Time gradually passed as she just sat in her room drinking. About 4 bottles through she got up and stumbled to her door and headed to the bathroom. She looked outside the window and saw that the sun was starting to set. "Fucking sun, try to tell me when to go sleep," she slurred. She pointed her finger at the sun in a gun formation. "Bang," she said looking at the sunset. She continued to drag her body to the bathroom. She kicked opened the door and went in. She poked her head back out the door and saw Dutch and Benny just chatting about something. She glared at Dutch and Dutch just stared at her for at least 15 seconds,; the longest 15 seconds ever. She slammed the door behind her and collapsed down to the floor in front of the toilet. She lifted the seat and threw up like she's never thrown up before. Dutch and Benny just heard her heaving then crying over and over again for awhile. "Should we check on her?" Benny asked. "I wouldn't," Dutch said as he pushed himself away from the counter and walked out the front door. "You coming?" he asked. Benny got up and went with Dutch leaving Revy behind.

The sun set and rose again for a new day. Revy woke up lying in a pool of tears and vomit. Dehydrated she pushed herself up to the sink and tuned on the faucet and wrapped her lips around the faucet and started sucking down the water. She turned off the faucet and turned on the shower and cleaned herself up. She let the hot water drench her body for at least 20 minutes. While in the shower she pulled off the bandages the Dutch had applied on her when they got back yesterday. She flung the soggy bandages at the garbage can and washed her wounds. She got out of the shower another 20 minutes later and dried off then reapplied her own bandages. Walking out of the bathroom naked she strolled back to her room and through on a pair of shorts and another tank top. Searching for her cutlasses she remembered they were destroyed back in the compound during the cave-in. "Fucking bitch," she said. She walked over to her closet and pull out duel M9 Berettas and a shoulder harness and walked out of her room. "How you feelin'?" Benny asked. "How the fuck should I feel?" Revy snapped back him. Benny just closed his mouth and continued going on about his business. Revy kept walking and finally got to the living room where Dutch was sitting going over papers. "We need to talk Revy," Dutch said to her. Revy just ignored him and grabbed the keys to car off the table and headed for the door. "There was nothing I could've done," Dutch said to her as he stood up. Revy pulled open the front door and slammed the door behind her again and continued walking. "Just great, just fucking great," Dutch said as he sat back down.

She got into the car and drove off into town. While driving she noticed Rock's briefcase sitting in the passenger side chair. She remembered what is was like when she first kidnapped him. He was weak, like a helpless pup. She could remember him pleading to her to not have her kill him and release him. She slightly cracked a smile while thinking of him that way. He changed a lot over past few years. Though being kidnapped by a little high school girl was a bit ridiculous even in his case. She wanted him to just be gone when they were in Japan but it was like he didn't really have the urge to leave anymore as in the beginning. She started to finally notice what potential he had being with the crew. Having to continually save him was a pain in the ass for her but for some reason she liked the feeling. Not the feeling of having to more than what was needed but the feeling of being needed by someone besides Dutch and Benny. She shook her head gently and got back to concentrating on driving. It was around 11am when she got to her destination; It was gunsmith shop.

She parked the car and strolled on in. The little brass bell rang as she stepped in. The smell of gunpowder and hot metal made her feel right at home. She looked at the wall of guns the gunsmith had. G18's with extended clips to M16's with armor piercing rounds. The man had everything for the most part. Though he wasn't big on explosives he was the man to go to if you needed a decent pistol. Hotel Moscow often ordered from him. Standard AK-74's and your M79 frag grenades. She would know the exact model too because she had the crew had to deliver the crates to them many times over the years. "Hey chief, you home?" she called out. "I know that voice anywhere," the gunsmith said. He walked out from the back and greeted Revy. He was an older gentleman. He had balding silver hair and a rough week old stubble growing on his face. His hands were 'worked' and his eyes were sharp. He put his spectacles on gave Revy a handshake. "Good to see you again Revy, how are things?" he said. "I've seen better fucking days, that's for sure," Revy said as she hopped onto his counter. "Ah, I see," he replied. "uh huh," she said. "No seriously, you look like shit," he said. The gunsmith walked to his mini refrigerator and pulled out a beer and tossed her one. She caught it but didn't bother drinking it. "Wow, whatever is going must be serious. First time I've seen you not drink," the gunsmith said. "So, what can I do for you today?" he asked. "I need you to modify these into what my last ones were like," she said. The man laughed as he walked back around the counter. "You can't be serious. You know how long it took me to make the originals," he said. "Look, I don't fucking care how long it takes but I will pay extra if you can finish them by tonight," she said. He shook his head casually. "You don't get it Revy, those guns were damn near impossible to make. I was surprised that I even completed them. To make another pair of those bad boys you're going to need nothing less of a fucking miracle," he said as he downed the rest of his beer. "God damn it, I didn't ask for this shit! You're the best chief," she said hoping flattery would change his mind. "True," he commented. "So I don't give a shit if you have to put your blood, sweat, and tears into another masterpiece. I need these back to what you had them before!" she shouted. "Here's $2500 now, and you'll get another $3000 when you finish them. That's $5500 altogether, so what do you say?" she asked. The gunsmith took a big sigh and walked over to counter and looked at the Beretta's. "They'll be done 11pm," he said as he grabbed the Berettas. She hopped off the counter and patted him on the back. "Thanks," she said. The gunsmith walked her out and closed the door behind her and put a closed sign on the door.

Revy got back into the car and headed back to the apartment. While driving back home she stopped at Yellow Flag for something to drink. She walked in and saw the bar was empty for the most part. Bao was behind the bar cleaning a glass with the wash cloth. He looked up and waved over to Revy. "Where is everyone?" Revy asked. "I was hoping you could tell me," Bao replied. "Ever since the big explosion things have been surprisingly quiet. A quiet day though for me is a good thing. Gives me a chance to set up some new security measures in this godforsaken hell hole," he said he started to pour her a glass of her usual drink. "No, I'm good," she said. Bao dropped the bottle upon hearing the words. "Really? Uh...ok," he said hesitantly. "What? Can't I not drink for once?" she inquired. "I'll give you some of the good stuff and it'll be on the house," Bao insisted. "Fuck Bao I said no!" she shouted. "Wow, I never thought I'd live to see this day," he said as he put down the bottle. "What's wrong with you?" he asked. "Nothing," she muttered. "Bullshit. For as long as you've been coming in here with your crew there has never been a problem that you couldn't handle. So whatever this shit is bothering, I need to know," he said while looking at her. "It's a guy isn't it?" Bao pried. "What makes you fucking think that?" Revy said. "It is a guy...hey wait a minute...where's Rock at? He usually hangs around you..." Bao said then paused. He started laughing, "You have a thing for Rock?" he said as he laughed. "Lucky guy, does he know? Where is he anyhow?" Bao asked. Revy didn't say anything for a few seconds then answered. "He's dead," she said slowly. Bao's laughter stopped abruptly and he went silent. "How did it happen?" he asked. Revy didn't say anything else after she said those two words. She just sat there staring off into space. Hours passed and the bar got busy then died out again. When it got quiet again Bao walked up besides Revy and sat down next to her on the bar stool. Revy told him how it happened and what had happened to her and him within the past three days. Upon hearing the story Bao finished a bottle of his finest liquor and didn't even realize it. "Revy, there was nothing Dutch could've done for him," Bao said. "If you're going to be mad at anyone be mad at Chriton and his men. They're the ones that brought you in and did those things to you and him. They say forgiveness is the way to go but in Roanapur FMJ's and body bags do just fine," Bao said with a smile. Revy looked at Bao and realized he was right. The only way to get passed this was to make everyone involved pay for what she was feeling. "I won't stop Bao," she said calmly as he looked at Bao. She got up from the stool and walked back to the car. Bao just sat at the counter realizing what she had just said. He shook off the feeling. "Glad I'm not in her wake," he said as he got up from the bar stool.

[6pm, compound exit #10]

The sun was beginning to set. The reflection bounced off Eda's sunglasses. She turned her back towards the horizon and looked at the men that were searching the area. She walked back over to the SUV and looked at the gear in the back that she wasn't wearing. She looked at the mirror and saw herself still wearing her nun's get up. Everything she has known and did for the past 5 years was dressed as a nun. "Angel of Death" was given to her name at one time. Being beautiful and deadly at the same time was something that came easy for her; that and handling a G18 like a professional. She was to go back to wearing tactical vests, BDU's, and steel toed boots. Her mouth was getting dry by the thought of going back to that life. Her stomach was feeling uneasy with every thought. "Ma'am, we got something," one of the soldiers said. Eda closed the backdoor and headed over to their position. "Not yet," she said to herself. "What do you have?" she spoke into the intercom. "We've got some soil here that has been dug up. I think something is buried here. Should we investigate?" the soldier asked. "Yes, go ahead and start up. I'll be there in 5," she said. "Affirmative," he replied. The soldiers started digging in the soil in hopes of finding something. Dirt was flung into the air as they dug deeper. Eda oversaw the progress they made. One of soldiers finally hit something soft. "Got something," the soldier said. Quickly removing the dirt from the object they pulled out a body. "Ma'am you're going to want to look at this," he said. Eda walked over to the corpse and saw it was Chriton. "Got the fucker," she said. "Great, tag and bag this guy, we're out of here," Eda said confidently. Eda went back to the truck and called Patterson. "He's dead," Eda confirmed. "Excellent, how about his men and his second in command?" she requested. "From what Dreyton has reported to me there has been at least a few dozen of his men dug out of the ground. His second in command is still missing," Eda said. Patterson paused and wonder if Talia would follow in his footsteps. "I think Chriton was assassinated," Eda said as she looked over the body again. "What makes you say that?" she inquired. "Oh maybe it's this giant fucking gaping hole in his forehead," she said. "Interesting," Patterson said. "I want you finish up at the airfield then contact me later because I might have new orders for you," she said. "Yup," Eda confirmed. Eda hung up the phone and gazed at Chriton's body. "You're fucking lucky I didn't get to you first," she said to his body. She spat right on his chest and got into the SUV.

The soldiers packed up the body and got into their trucks and followed Eda back to the Church. While driving she radioed in to Dreyton. "Chriton's dead Dreyton, we found his bloody body buried in a shallow grave," she said. "That's great news. We did find a survivor though unfortunately the guy was horribly banged up that he had to be rushed to the hospital. He's under constant guard right now," he said. "That's good news too. I wonder what he'll say about his men," Eda said. "That's the thing Eda, I don't think he was part of their team. We're running his prints through the database. So we should know he is within a little while. Where are you at now?" he asked. "I'm on my way back to HQ to drop off the body then I'll be back out there with you to help finish up," she said. "Roger that, we should be done here by tonight or early morning tomorrow. Over and out," Dreyton responded.

[8:45pm, Rendezvous alpha,]

The soldiers moved in and out of their makeshift tents and tended the wounded. The only squads that survived the cave in were Chriton's personal guard, Omega squad, and Zulu squad with remnants of Charlie. Omega's leader sat by the fire and greased his gun. "What are we suppose to do now?" a soldier asked. "We wait for Chriton or Talia to show up. Then we initiate operation Mongoose," he said. "Operation Mongoose? I think we need to start thinking outside of the box and work for ourselves. Chriton isn't coming back, he's probably dead and Talia is a traitor. Did you even hear his last orders? We're to shoot that bitch on sight," the soldier said. "Look, you do what you want to do but those are our orders and we're going to see them to the end," he finished. The solider turned away from Omega leader and went back to his post. Omega leader hailed Chriton or Talia on his mic and prayed for one of the two to answer. There was nothing but static. He sighed and continued to assemble his gun. As he finished his gun he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. Someone was approaching. "Standby men!" he shouted. The soldiers took their positions and aimed at the rustling jungle. Out from the jungle appeared Talia. She was sweating tremendously as she came out. Omega leader came to her side and helped her over to the medical tent. She reached for his canteen and chugged the cool water. "It's so fucking hot in that jungle," she said as she continued drinking the water. "Ma'am where's Chriton?" Omega asked. "Dead," she said. "I saved him from the cave in but he had internal bleeding. He died quickly," she said off the top of her head. Omega got up and walked outside. "Tend to her wounds if she has any then let her rest for a bit. We'll figure out what we're going to do in the morning," he said. "Don't tell me you actually believe this fucking bitch," the soldier begged. "Chriton's gone, and as much as I would like to put a bullet through this bitch's head; I can't because she is the only one who has the ability to fulfill Chriton's orders," Omega said as she closed the tent door.

[9:30pm, airfield excavation site]

The black SUV's pulled up along the towering front gate. The gate guard waved them through. The trucks pulled back up to the HQ tent. Eda got out of the first truck with a group of soldiers; then the other men followed right behind her. She walked inside and looked around for Dreyton. Dreyton was hunched over the communications controls looking over one of the soldiers shoulder making adjustments towards the signal strength of the communication array. He stood up and looked over his shoulder and saw Eda had just gotten in. He walked over to her and patted her on the shoulder and walked outside. She went outside with him for a quick smoke. He pulled out his flask and took a swig from it. "Ah, that's some good stuff," he said as wiped his lips of the drink's residue, he then offered her a drink. Eda took the flash and sucked what was in the flask back. She nearly gagged after having it race down her throat. "What the fuck is this shit?" she asked. "Oh, just something I picked up. Only thing it's really good for is taking the stress off your mind for awhile," he said as he snatched it back. "Years of chasing him and I didn't even get the pleasure. It's bullshit Dreyton," Eda remarked. "There was nothing you could've done about. The thing that matters is that the man is dead and we can get the fuck off this island," he responded. "Did you hear anything from Patterson?" he asked. "Nah, she said she'd get back to me with further orders," she said as held a cigarette between her lips. "You were thinking about going after her weren't you?" Dreyton commented. "I don't really give a shit. From the time I saw her she didn't do anything without his say so," Eda said. "But I figure if Patterson gave me the orders I will follow through with them. The only way to end all of this horseshit is to take everyone out of the picture," she finished as she puffed on the cigarette. She blew the inhaled smoke into the air and flicked the cigarette away. "I'll be in the truck if you need me. I haven't slept for almost 28hrs," she said as she rubbed her forehead. "I got word that there might be an entrance to this compound somewhere on this airfield. I'm going to order the men to do a search the vicinity for an opening," he said to her as she started walking away. "Do what you want," she said with as she waved her hand in the air slowly. She stumbled with the handle a bit then opened the SUV's door and sat in the drivers seat and reclined the chair back. Her head was throbbing for some reason but she didn't really care at the moment. She figured it was the lack of sleep and put her mind at ease and quickly feel asleep unknowing of the scheme that was being plotted by Dreyton.

He watched Eda climb into the truck and went to sleep. Dreyton ordered half of the men to begin the search for the hidden hatch. He went back into the communications tent and switched to a different frequency. "What's the SITREP men?" he radioed. "We're about an hour away from hitting the room. The marker says we're right on top of it so we'll let you know in hour sir," the crew leader said. "Alright men we grab the money and then and only then we deal with Eda and the rest of this crew we've been given. Men we're about to be several hundred million dollars richer," he said with a smile. Dreyton sat in fold out chair and closed his eyes for a bit and waited for the good news. Time quickly flew by as he rested but just then he was woken up by a loud explosion that shook the entire area. Dreyton got to his feet and rushed outside and saw a roaring fire coming from the excavation site. Him and whatever men were left at the tent ran towards the blaze. As they got to the area the excavation crews bodes were scattered within a 25 yard circumference. Dreyton saw the crew leaders body flipped him over only to see bloody blackened flesh coming off the bone. "Shit!" he yelled. A crew member a few feet next him struggled to stand but up collapsed under his own weight. Dreyton ran to him and helped him to his feet. "What the fuck happened?" he questioned. "It was a fucking booby trapped sir, that asshole rigged that money to explode somehow," the soldier said struggling to breathe. "My money…" Dreyton said quietly. Flaming pieces of paper were falling down from the sky. Dreyton glanced down and pick up the piece of paper and found out it was a burning hundred dollar bill. His hard work and treachery were up in flames. "Son…of...a…BITCH!" he shouted. "What the hell does that mean sir? We aren't getting paid?" one of the soldiers asked? "No, it means we're going to have to pay a certain woman visit," he said as he stood up. "Trace the last number of SAT phone and give me the coordinates. Then gather the men and give them instructions to meet me there. We're going to find Talia and force the account numbers from her mouth.

[Last known SAT PHONE location, burial site of Chriton, 11:15pm]

Several SUV's pulled up to the location. Soldiers in all black gear walked out and began pulling out the crates in the back of the truck and setting them down. Dreyton had been there for about 20 minutes now just scanning the area looking for any kind of tracks. The soldiers brought over some instruments for him and the rest of the men. "Compliments of the R and D department, sir," the soldier commented. Dreyton looked over the goggles. "Standard NVG's, so what," Dreyton said. "On the contrary sir, looks can be deceiving," the soldier replied. Dreyton put the goggles and flipped the switch. "Holy shit," he said as he turned his head in each direction. "Yes sir, thermal vision, FLIR imaging," he said. "Well then I think all we need to do is find the tracks. No need to worry about getting the drop on them. Listen up men, I need you to fan out and search for a set of tracks that lead elsewhere besides back to the trucks that were previously here," Dreyton commanded. The soldiers nodded and went to work. The communications officer tapped Dreyton on the shoulder and asked about whether Eda will be a problem when she wakes up. "Do not worry about her, she'll be out for awhile. That drink she had from my flask was mixed with some highly concentrated knock out elixir. She'll be out for at least 18hrs or so we got plenty of time," Dreyton mentioned. "But sir, if that's true why aren't you asleep?" the officer inquired. "I have two different flasks. Identical for the most part except the small insignificant slash a bottom of the flask where I put my finger letting me know it's the right one," he said with a smile.

The continued to work for 2 hours until one of the soldiers found a set of tracks that led further within the dense jungle. "Excellent," Dreyton said as he felt the indentation of the foot print. "These are her shoes alright," he said as he was crouched on the ground. "Let the hunt begin then," he said as she got up and cocked his M16. The squad made a skirmish line and proceeded into the depths of Roanapur jungle. The group traveled for at least 3 hours with still no sign of Talia. The jungle was incredibly thicker than imagines and it had taken them too long to get where they were at right now. "Break time boys," Dreyton whispered into the radio. The men took and knee and drank from their canteens as they rested. They were all sweating bullets from the humidity. Dreyton glanced at his watch and saw it was 0415hrs almost. "The sun should be rising in a few hours at least men, we need to move faster through this shit," Dreyton ordered. The soldiers grumbled about the order to themselves and just took deep breaths trying to muster more strength to push on. After the short break they got back up to their tired legs and continued on. An hour passed of marching when they finally came upon a clearing. The men just look surprised when they saw that the had trekked across to the other side of the island. The ocean was starring them right in the face. The waves gently crashed up onto the beach. The soldiers looked at Dreyton for answer. It was an answer he was unable to give at the moment. Dreyton gave the order to make a perimeter as he communicated with the communications officer. He dialed the SAT PHONE last number again and waited for someone to pick up but no one picked up. "Damn it," he said to himself. "Sir, we got tire tracks over here," one of the soldiers said. Dreyton rushed to the soldier and found the tracks and examined them. "We're close men, drop whatever you don't need and lets move out," he ordered. Everyone dropped most of their gear and just kept their weapons and ammo. They quickly moved up the beach in a scattered formation following the tire tracks. Within minutes the tracks led up and over a sand dune and went straight down. Dreyton and a few soldiers crawled to the top and peeked over the edge and saw a medium size encampment in the crater of the dune. The encampment dug into the jungle itself creating a pretty secure base of operations. There were flat bed trucks and ATV's parked near the front of the encampment with three guards guarding the entrance. A two small pillboxes and a makeshift gate was the entrance itself. Further into the camp there were several tents to each side and small wooden shack that housed a communications array. There were several 20mm gun emplacements around the camp, two 14.5mm Heavy anti aircraft guns , and one covered vehicle that they couldn't recognize. There were several other soldiers littered throughout the encampment doing patrols and eating. The last thing he saw was a medium sized foxhole that went straight into the sand dune. Dreyton and the soldiers crawled down the sand dune back to the men and gave them the SITREP. "They must've had the place up and running while they had the underground base established," one of the soldiers commented. "Yeah, that is a possibility. Attacking this base won't be easy. They've got some AA's within that base so attacking by air is not out of the option but we just need to take down those men on the gun emplacements. So I want four of you guys to equip your weapons with silencers and move to the top of that dune and spread out and take your pick of the guns you want to take out. Me and 5 of you will laze the targets for an air strike by our boys on the Dreadnaught which is anchored about 20 miles out due west. After the bombardment the rest of you will move in and secure the base with help of the me and rest of the men on top of the dunes, understood?" "Yes sir, they sounded off quietly.

The soldiers made their way to top of the dune and picked out their targets. They scoped in on their targets and waited for the order. Dreyton got on the radio and hailed the Dreadnaught. "Mother Goose 1 this is Overkill requesting air strike on lazed targets within these coordinates," Dreyton radioed. "Overkill, this is Mother Goose 1, we read you and are sending the presents to your house, over," the operator responded. "Affirmative Mother Goose 1, we shall have targets lazed for drop, out," Dreyton finished. [Camera cuts to the carrier sending off three F-18/A hornets off the deck by catapult] Dreyton and his men moved to the top of the hill and lazed their targets and waited for the air strike. "This is Foxhound come in Overkill," one of the pilots radioed. "This is Overkill, go ahead Foxhound," Dreyton replied. "ETA 10 minutes," the pilot said. "Understood," Dreyton replied as he continued to look down his scope lazing the target.

[Communications array, encampment,]

"Sir, I'm picking up three fast movers approaching due west," the soldier said. "Sound the alarm and get all men to their positions. Send out the search teams for any scouting parties near us and take them out," the officer ordered. The soldier sounded the air raid alarm. The once quiet camp was now a giant cluster fuck of men running around to their stations preparing for air strike. Omega squad leader ran into the barracks where Talia was. She finished putting on her boots when she saw Omega come rushing in. "Orders ma'am?" he asked. "Has your advanced reconnaissance group obtained a building within downtown yet?" she asked. "Yes ma'am it's 2 miles away from Hotel Moscow. They've began setting up shop there," he said. "Good, then I want you and your team and half of Zulu squad to get to them and wait for my orders. I will stay here and fend off the attackers while you prepare the ambush," she ordered. "Ma'am I suggest that you come with us," he urged Talia. "Nonsense, I can handle this, now go!" she commanded fiercely. Omega saluted and ran back outside and started gather up his men and equipment. She and the rest of Zulu went to the ATV's and rode out of the base. Charlie team was ordered to hold the encampment at all costs. Omega team and the other half of Zulu got into the trucks and drove off in the opposite direction.

[Camera focuses in back onto Dreyton and his men]

"Sir, I've identified Talia. She is moving out with a group of men on the ATV's and out of the base, orders?" the soldier asked. "Have squad three engage the men on the ATV's and try to hold them at bay while we finish up here," he said. "Sir, I am now seeing more men heading out on the troop transports and heading away from the encampment," the soldier said. "Doesn't matter, we got what we are after," Dreyton replied. The roar of jets could be heard miles out into the distance. "Open fire men," Dreyton issued the order. Squad one took out the men out the AA guns quickly then begun firing onto the other men running around. The 20mm gun emplacement turned towards the top of the dune and begun firing. The bullets rattled out of the 20mm quickly. The bullets zipped and popped above their heads. Sand was flying everywhere. The four men scattered as they took fire from the gun emplacements. Loud howling whistles came from the sky bombarding the dune. The communications officer spotted two groups of mortar teams firing upon squad 1. "Sir, mortars near the tree line," the officer radioed. "Squad 1 we'll distract the gun emplacement for a quick minute, take out that mortar team," Dreyton shouted. "Roger that," squad 1 replied. Dreyton and his men opened up on the 20mm gun emplacement. The gun turned towards them and immediately started firing again. "Overkill this is Foxhound, do you copy? over," the pilot inquired. "This is Overkill where the hell are you guys?" Dreyton yelled. "Look towards the sunrise he said," the pilot said. Dreyton looked and saw three gleaming silver objects approach the beach quickly. As he viewed the beautiful sight of the sunrise hitting the Hornets it was ruined with one of them being shot out of the sky by a missile. The Hornets broke formation and hauled ass ascending into the clouds. Eyes wide open Dreyton look behind him and that the men in the encampment uncovered the instrument which they couldn't identify earlier. It was a Rapier low altitude Surface to Air Missile emplacement. "This is Foxhound, to Mother Goose 1, we lost Foxhound 2 to SAM site," the pilot said. "Mother Goose 1 to Overkill, SAM site located within the area, confirm SAM," the operator asked. "I know, I know," Dreyton shouted as he issued all attack to all the men on the dune. "This is Foxhound squadron, ETA to realignment bombardment, 2 minutes, " the pilot confirmed.

Squad one just finished taking out the mortar as soon as Dreyton gave the order to advance into the encampment to take out the SAM site. The men ran down the as the 20mm emplacement began to annihilate his men. Squad 1 scoped in on the man behind the 20mm emplacement and made a well placed shot to the head of the gunner. The gun was out of commission and gave way to Dreyton and the rest of his men a clear opening to move forward. They hit a ditch along the wall of the encampment met the dune and fired over the sandbagged wall onto Charlie team. They leveled the remenanents of Charlie team with blind fire and grenades. Squad 1 took out their LAW and fired upon the SAM site. A small explosion erupted in the back of the base. "SAM down, I repeat SAM down," Dreyton yelled into the radio. "Roger that Overkill, bombardment in 30 seconds," the pilot said. [Camera goes to cockpit view of pilot and cuts to pilot pulling the trigger releasing his payload over encampment] Dreyton and his men held their heads down as they felt the shake and heat of the bombs magnificent power level most of the encampment. The sandbag wall fell on top of Dreyton and his men. Dreyton pushed up the sandbag and helped out the soldiers. They stood wearily on the sandbags and viewed the destruction of the camp. Chard bodies of Charlie were everywhere. "This is squad one encampment secured, over," the squad leader said. Dreyton then realize about squad three and hailed squad three. "Come in squad three, come in," Dreyton demanded. "Squad three here, were taking one helluva' beating here sir, where the fuck is our back up?" Squad three team leader shouted. "We're on our way Squad three, just hang on," Dreyton as he waved to squad one to rush over to help out squad three. Squad one ran from their position and regrouped with Dreyton as he and his team reached the top of the dune again. They rushed over the across the dune together to finally reach where squad three was dug in keeping the Talia and Zulu forces at bay. The exchange of gunfire between them was intense. Dreyton and the other two squads held the position at the top of the dune and rained more bullets onto Talia's group pinning them to their blown up vehicles and natural barriers. Dreyton ordered Foxhound squadron to make several passes of Talia's group with strafing fire to force a surrender. Foxhound gladly opted for the chance to get some payback. Talia's forces couldn't last much longer against the combined forces of Dreyton and his air support. Foxhound made a quick strafing sweep across Talia horizontally blowing apart Zulu forces who stood up during the strafe. Body parts flung everywhere as the Hornets did the fly by. The Hornets banked left and right and made hair pin turns coming back to do another round of strafing fire. [Camera cuts to cockpit view again watching the pilot press the trigger unloading his machine guns onto the people below. A red light starts blinking wildly and beeping noise is going off. On his radar screen the words in red bold print are flashing Missile Lock. The pilot ejects from the plane. He shoots off into the air and releases his parachute while his plane explodes from underneath him. Talia watches as one of the Hornets blows up into fiery debris from a stinger launcher from behind her. She turns her head and sees two troop transport coming to her aid. It's the rest of Zulu forces and Omega squad. The last Hornet sees his partners plane explode and the pilot himself float down to the ground with his parachute. He decides to make a go for it against the troop transport but is taken out by a second stinger launch from the second truck. The pilot was not so fortunate to eject as quickly as the last pilot did.

Dreyton and his men turned their attention to the troops transport coming the aid of Talia's forces. Zulu team jumped out of the truck as it was still moving and rolled out the back. The truck came to an immediate stop and provided more protection for Talia. Talia and Dreyton saw each other briefly as she climbed aboard the truck. Dreyton fired everything he had on the truck out of sheer anger. His money was lost to her former boss and so were the lives of the men we was with. Omega's truck ran straight through squad three's forces in an instant. Omega team bailed out and quickly made quick work of squad three. Their advance hand to hand training was far superior than theirs. Broken limbs and necks disabled squad three at first then quick knife thrusts to the throat, abdomen, and chest end their lives. After finishing up with squad three they moved towards Dreyton and squad two and steadily began climbing up the dune. Their bullets were having no affect on Omega squad due to the prototype armor they were given. Dreyton and his forces quickly started falling back to the destroyed encampment hoping for some type of inspiration to hit him so they can hold out. As Omega forced Dreyton back into the camp Talia hopped into the back of the truck and got on the SAT PHONE and made a quick call. Zulu helped out the other half of their forces and put them back onto Omega's truck. One of the Zulu squad soldiers could overhear Talia's phone call. "I got him pinned in the destroyed camp. He'll most likely talk when I get my hands on him," Talia said. "If he is who you think he is do you want me to do the honors or shall I leave it to her to do it," she asked. "Doesn't matter to me; either way he's out of the picture and we'll be able to focus on our goals once again," the voice on the other line side. "Ok, not a problem," Talia as she was about to hang up the voice spoke again. "And Talia, make sure you disappear permanently after you finish up on Roanapur. I don't want to have see your face ever again. The funds have been transferred into your account already," the voice said. "How do you know I just won't take the funds and run?" Talia played. The voice laughed "Talia please, you know what I'm capable of. If I knew that, you'd be dead already," the voice said as she hung up the phone. A sudden chill went up her back as she ended the conversation with her contact. Talia jumped out of the truck and radio Omega. "How's it going there?" she asked. "We've pinned them down within one of the small bunkers. They have about five soldiers left, six if you count Dreyton ma'am," Omega leader said. "Hold your position I'm coming up there," she said. "Roger," he replied. Talia moved towards Omega's position and crawled to him. Sporadic gunfire was still going on as she crawled to him. She gave him a rough pat on his shoulder. Omega leader just nodded and gave her the binoculars. She viewed the bunker and saw Dreyton inside shouting at his men. "Send three of your men to the left and send another four to the right and open fire on him. Draw his attention away from my spot," Talia ordered. Omega leader saluted and gave the order. The men flanked Dreyton's position quickly. Omega leader tossed out several smoke grenades and gave the order to open fire. Dreyton and his men could only endure as the gun fire pinned them down. Talia and Omega crawled under the fire support of their men and propped themselves against the concrete wall of the bunker.

She pulled two grenades from her pouch as did Omega. They stood up and tossed the grenades in. A loud pop stunned everything inside then a bright blinding white light blinded them after the pop. Talia and Omega rushed to the backdoor and planted a charge and blew it open. Talia moved in first and shot the first two men who were staggering to get up with her operator. Omega pulled out his blade and disposed of the other three. Talia pistol whipped Dreyton in the head and dragged him outside. Omega bound his hands and helped him up and forced him out into the opening of the camp. Omega team surrounded him and held their guns at the ready. Talia walked over to him kicked him in the stomach. He curled into the fetal position, choking the on the air he was trying to suck in. She flipped him over onto his stomach and pulled out her knife and pressed it against one of his fingers. "Who was Chriton to you!?" she shouted. "Go fuck yourself!" he yelled. She removed his index finger quickly and threw it out in front of him. He screamed loudly. "I said, who was he to you, you piece of shit!" she demanded. "You'll never get anything from me," he said. She scowled and broke his middle finger by snapping it backwards then cut it off and tossed it in front of him. More screams came out from his mouth as time passed. Blood dribbled out from the nubs of fingers. 15 minutes into it he had lost seven fingers, one ear, and five teeth. He spat out at least a three tablespoons of blood and mucus in one go. She pushed the sweat from her forehead back into her hair and stood up and walked over to some flaming debris and picked it up by the non-fiery end and walked back over to him. She cauterized his hands with the flame to stop the bleeding. He continued to scream like a rape victim. Tears flowed from his and snot from his nose. Blood dripped from the side of his mouth. "Tell me what I want to know damn it and I promise this will stop," she said seductively as she ran her hand under his chin. He spit right at her face but she blocked it with the back of her hand and punched him in the face. "String the fucker up!" she commanded Omega's soldiers. The soldiers grabbed Dreyton and hoisted him up against the wall and wrapped his hands with rope. They threw the rope over the structure and held him up. The jammed a spike in the ground holding the rope in place. He dangled in the air like an bloody ugly piñata. she cut off his shirt and heated her large blade within the fire. She pulled the blade out seconds later and showed it to his face. He could see his reflection within the heated blade itself. He was staring death in face. "Who...was...Chriton...to...you?" she asked. "Never," he said with a strong heart. "Wrong answer," she said as she plunged the heated blade into his abdomen and twisted it. He scream and howled as the day went on. The glaring sun baked his body as the blade made him a human pin cushion.

30 minutes passed by and Talia just laughed to herself. "I've been approaching this all wrong," she said. "Let's get down to business," she said as she dropped his pants and removed his boxers. She heated the blade once more and pulled back his foreskin on his penis. "Who was Chriton to you?" she asked. He didn't say anything but took a deep breath and grit his teeth. She shook her head and began slowly slicing into the head of his penis with the heated blade. His body jerked and squirmed around as he the unbearable pain made his body convulse. "Hold him still damn it!" she ordered the soldiers. The soldiers gripped him tightly as she finished removing the head and forcing into his mouth. "Ever wonder what roasted flesh smelt like Dreyton?" she asked him. "Ever wonder what roasted penis smelled like?" she said with a devilish grin as she grabbed the flaming debris and held it below his testicles. "Tell me who he was and this stops Dreyton," she said. Without hesitation she burned his testicles and penis all together. He screamed to the point where he could not take the pain no longer. "He was my contact!" he shouted. He was whimpering as he continued. "I fed him information about when he would be attacked and where they were going to strike when we guys were on the run," he said as he cried. "He paid me for my services as long as I kept him informed," he said. "It was for money, all of it. I hated him for that leverage on me, that he could convince of by waving money in my face. After awhile I knew there was no way I could stop," he said as his voice trailed out. "So you are telling me that you're a traitor to your country and your men because of money?" Talia inquired. Dreyton nodded slowly. "Verbally Dreyton," she said as she stuck him again with the blade. "Yes! I'm a fucking traitor to my country damn it," he yelled. "oh god," he whimpered like a small dog being mistreated by his owner. "Omega, did you get all of that?" she asked. "Yes ma'am," he said. "Good, package it and send it to our client," she ordered. "Ma'am?" Omega questioned. "Oh, my mistake," she said. She walked over to where her bag was and opened it up and tossed him a small manila envelope with bubble wrap inside. "The address is on the front already, we'll stop by a mailbox on our way in," she said to Omega. He put the small digital cassette inside the envelope and sealed it. "And him ma'am?" Omega asked. She approached Omega's men and pulled out a grenade and told them to back away. With delight she stuck Dreyton again and pulled the blade down from his abdomen and pulled out. "This will be over quick my love," she said smiling. She pulled the pin in front of his eyes and shoved the grenade into his stomach and ran away. "I've always wanted to see this," Talia said to Omega. She turned away to see Dreyton squirming about in mid air flailing his body and with luck the grenade fell out of his body. He laughed at her direction and she just laughed too. The last sound he heard was a "plink" sound from the grenade. The grenade exploded below him ripping his body into halves. They fell on opposite ends and gushed out blood on to the ground. Talia laughed so hard that she fell to the ground and continued laughing for a full minute. She excused herself to Omega and flicked her head towards the direction of the trucks. They left encampment with nothing holding them back; they were approaching their death.

[Camera turns to the lone SUV parked on the airstrip. The door of the truck opens up and Eda stumbles out]

"Christ, my fucking head is killing me," she said to herself as she held her head. She pulled herself up from the door using the door handle of the truck and looked in the mirror. In the reflection she saw black smoke lifting into the in the distance. She turned her attention to the strip where about a hundred yards was another giant crater. She hurried to the crater to check what had happened. As she approached the crater the only thing that stood out in her mind were the dead bodies scattered over the strip. Eda took a look at the men who had died there. Their bodies were missing limbs and portions of the body were incredibly charred. She got on the radio and hailed Dreyton but go no response. "What the fuck happened," she said as she continued to view the destruction. It was clear to her that she had to figure out what the hell had happen while she was sleep. She walked back to the truck and opened up the back and change out of her old clothes and into her new clothes. She was so use to wearing the habit that putting on the tight fitting custom pants and tank top with tactical vest felt very odd. "Fuck this, it's my job. I'll wear whatever the hell I want to wear," she said as she looked herself over in the mirror. Pulling her combat knife she shredded the pants to make them tight fitting long shorts. They covered her legs up to the top of her knee. She started ripping off piece of the tactical vest that wasn't need as well. She even covered up the CIA logo on the back. The only thing was left were several pockets for pistol magazines and her knife holder. The vest felt loose on her so she tightened it so it fit securely on her and didn't move. Looking at her new attire in the mirror, she smiled and was pleased with the results. It was sexy as well as practical for her, but there was something still wrong with the look but the light bulb just clicked on when she noticed what was wrong. [Camera turns to black. Sounds of shredding can be heard. "Fuck," and "shit," are also heard as she managed to change what was wrong. Camera has direct shot of her face wearing thing black sunglasses instead of her pink ones. Camera slowly moves back to the revealing the new Eda.]

Eda brushes the excess hair off onto the ground. She looks down and sees how much hair she really had. "Damn, I don't know why I didn't do this earlier," she said. Her hair is now top of the shoulder length short. Since she cut it with her knife it gave off a very grunge bad girl style which seemed to fit her extremely well. She closed the back door of the truck and got back into the driver seat and drove off to the Church. She turned on the flashing blue and red lights and weaved in and out traffic at immense speeds. Within no time she had arrived at the church. What once was bustling outpost was now a deserted ghost town. She got out of the truck and walked back into the church. Yolanda and Rico were sitting up at the front going over paper when they heard the doors open and saw the new Eda.

"Big sis, you look..." Rico paused. "Like the way she needs to look Rico" Yolanda said. "Short hair, hmm..." Yolanda said as she looked her up and down. "It works," Eda said as she walked back over to the cross of Jesus and reached behind it and pulled a bottle from her secret stash. "Disgracing our lord and savior," Yolanda said. "He makes a good bartender," Eda commented as she poured herself a drink then slammed it back. "Where's the rest of the men?" Eda asked. "Oh, I'm sure they're all dead probably," Yolanda said as she told Rico to go in the back to get her something out of her closet. "Excuse me, how the fuck is that even possible?" Eda inquired. "Well I'm not officially in the loop anymore but that doesn't mean I don't have my ways of knowing what I need to know," Yolanda expressed. "All of them left awhile ago. Dreyton was leading them to some place," she said. Eda then remembered before she passed out, that Dreyton was talking about a secret hatch on the island. "Just a few hours ago there was a lot of gunfire coming from the other side of the island. Three fighter jets even flew over downtown as they made their way there," Yolanda finished. "Fucking hell," Eda commented. Rico walked back into the room with a package in his hands. "Give it to Eda," Yolanda said. Rico handed her the package. Eda just stared at the black box and then opened it. Eda removed the blood red satin covering over the object and found Glock 35. "This gun is still within it's testing areas but it's passed bust reviews. A .40 caliber pistol this gun deserves to be put through it's final test by someone who knows what their doing. Consider a present for your time being here," Yolanda said. Eda picked up the gun and popped a clip in and aimed down the sights. The gun handled well with her hands. It was as if the gun was specifically made for her.

Eda's ears perked up as a loud chopping sound could be heard in the distance. As the sound grew louder Eda hurried back outside to see what it was. She got outside to see a helicopter just fly overhead of the church. The chopper turned back around and came in for a landing next to the church. Eda moved over to the makeshift landing pad and opened up the choppers door. "Are you Eda?" one of the passengers asked. Eda nodded and the passenger told her to get on. Eda climbed into the chopper and closed the door behind her. Rico stepped back away from the chopper as the sheer wind from chopper blew dust into the air as it took off. The chopper ascended into the clouds and started moving to the other side of the island. Down below Rico just look at the chopper move off into the distance. Yolanda came out and just put her hand gently on Rico's shoulder. "So it that, that?" Rico asked. "We shall see," Yolanda said.

In the chopper Eda was briefed on what was happening. "I'm the pilot that was shot down when Overkill was down on the ground. When I landed I rushed back to the battlefield but when I got there it was all over. I did see several trucks heading back into the city though," the pilot said. "Why the hell are we going back to the battlefield then?" Eda asked. "Your boss insisted that you view the damage yourself and see what you can get from what happened," he said. "What's your name?" Eda asked. "It's Latch, Thomas Latch," he replied. Eda just looked at the young man. He was no more than at 23 years old. "You seem a bit fucking young to be a pilot," Eda said. "Yeah I know, but I am," he said with a smile. Eda sat back and waited for the chopper to arrive at the scene. Minutes later the chopper descended quickly then made a quick landing on the destroyed beach. The pilot of the turned off the engine and got out of the chopper and opened the passenger door. Thomas got out first then Eda followed. "We'll wait here as while you check the area," the chopper pilot said. The two nodded and went further onto the battlefield. Soldiers bodies littered the ground. The blood stained sand told what had happened here. "This is a massacre," Thomas said. Eda pushed on into the encampment and the damage. Walking around she came upon the blown up body of Dreyton. Her face turned to disgust at the sight of his split in half body. "I think I saw what I needed to see," Eda said. "What do you mean?" Thomas said as he walked to her side. Thomas looked at the body then immediately threw up from the scent hitting his nostrils. "It's sure is different when you're on the ground and can see the carnage up close and personal huh?" Eda said as she turned away and walked back to the chopper. "Hurry up!" she yelled as she continued to walk. Thomas wiped his mouth and caught up to Eda. "Aren't you even a bit upset?" he asked. "Nope, he got what was coming to him," Eda said. "He was your one of your own, doesn't that mean anything to you?" he questioned. "Not really, being on this island will only tell you one thing and that's if you underestimate it, it will eat you alive; and sure enough Dreyton did exactly that," she said.

The chopper pilot was on radio when he saw the two get back. "Yes ma'am, I understand. Wait a minute, here she is," the pilot said. "You got a call Ms.," he said. Eda took the headphones and put them on. "Eda here, go," she said. "Eda, it's about fucking time. Where the hell have you been," Patterson said. "I was unconscious," Eda replied. "How the hell...it doesn't matter, what matters is that you have new orders. They are as follow. Find and eliminate the rest of Chriton's forces. This order means EVERYONE Eda. You can't leave any of them alive. We are giving you the support of the aircraft carrier Dreadnaught. Admiral Krieger and his men will be there to aid you if needed. Understood?" Patterson asked. "Yeah I got it," Eda confirmed. "Patterson out," she said. Eda gave the headphones back to the pilot. "Sir, we have orders to get you back as well," the pilot said. "That's good," Thomas said. The pilot started the chopper up and the two got back in. "So what you're telling me is that this island is something more?" Thomas asked Eda. "You bet your ass it but it's not so much the island it's more so the people. These are the worst of the worst. They will not think twice about killing you on the spot, so a pretty boy like would be best to keep your ass off the ground," Eda said. "Thanks, but I'm a big boy. I think I can handle being here," Thomas said. "Let's hope so," Eda said as she just looked out of the window of the helicopter. She tapped the chopper pilot on the shoulder and told him to send orders to the Dreadnaught to napalm the area they were just at. The pilot understood and hailed the Dreadnaught. Eda just continued to gaze out the window and just think to herself about what she was going to do to find Talia and her forces. She took a look at the time and it was only 0630hrs.

[Camera cuts to Revy just sitting and waiting in the car outside the gunsmiths store]

The gunsmith opened his doors and saw Revy's car outside. He waved her in as he walked back inside. Revy got out the car and barged into the store. "What the fuck! You said my guns would be ready by 12am. It's now six fucking thirty, what's the deal chief?" she shouted. "Easy Revy. This took longer than expected. It takes time to create a model like this and have it not be flawed," the gunsmith said. Revy followed the gunsmith into the back. On the counter there were parts everywhere. The room smelt even worse when she was first in here yesterday morning. "Shit, open a fucking window," she said as she covered her mouth and nose. "I don't smell anything," he said. "Ugh, never mind," she said as she took away her hand from her face. "These guns are another masterpiece. I didn't think I'd be able to pull it off again but I surprised myself," he said as he placed his hand on the table. "Underneath this box are the tools you will need to get rid of those who stand in your way. I blessed them just before I let you in so they should be good to go. I give you The Reapers," he said as he lifted up the small box. The once simple Beretta was now a devilish looking gun. The gun was two colors. The top was solid black and the bottom was chrome. There was red finishing on the trigger and dark red engraving on the handle of two crossed scythes. Revy looked them over a bit but didn't touch them. The gunsmiths smile was quickly gun when Revy said "Where are the Cutlasses?". The gunsmith just tossed the box he was holding over his shoulder and started cleaning up. "Hey chief, I asked where are the Cutlasses?" she said again. "I heard you the first time. The Cutlasses were a one of a kind masterpiece. Those guns that you wrecked are wherever the hell you left them," he said as he cleaned. "How the hell am I suppose to use these things?" she asked as she followed him around. The gunsmith didn't answer. She grabbed the gunsmith by his collar and forced him up against the wall. "Get your hands off me!" he yelped. "Now you tell me what the fuck am I suppose to do with those pieces of shit? You told me yourself that I am to get revenge on those who killed Rock. How am I suppose to do with two pieces of shit like that?" she said as she punched the wall close to his head. "You underestimate them. They may look great but I built them for the sole purpose of revenge. The Cutlasses are lower than The Reapers. A first class gun handler like yourself needs a first class weapon, am I right?" he asked. Revy released him and walked over to the handguns.

She picked one of them up. Expecting them to feel heavy, they felt like The Cutlass. She picked up the other one and twirled both of them in here hands then caught them and pointed them right at the gunsmith. "Hmm..." she said. "Where's the room?" she asked. The gunsmith pointed behind him. She walked into the target range and loaded them up. The gunsmith opened up the targeting system and let her have a go. "BLAM! BLAM!" the guns sounded off as each target that went up quickly went down. The guns had very little recoil at all. The gunsmith did multiple targets and Revy knocked them down in an instant. He then gave her the final targets. There was at least 12 targets. She fired quickly but ended up missing four. "You missed but I fixed that problem for you," the gunsmith said. "flip the small switch on the sides of the guns then try it again on all 12," he said. Revy did what he said then loaded in two new clips and waited for the targets. The 12 popped up again and within that instant the once semi-automatic guns fired automatically and knocked all 12 down. She grinned a bit and looked The Reapers again. "I never did like automatics but for some reason this just feels right on the gun. Even on full auto these basterds didn't even kick back hard enough to make me lose my focus," she said as she popped them in her holsters. "Now you see Revy, these guns were made to take down those who want to stop you. Respect them and they will respect you," the gunsmith remarked. She walked out from the backroom and back out to the car. As she started up the car the gunsmith came running out of the store holding a box. She lowered the window and looked at him. "You forgot something," he said as he handed her the box. "Custom magazines and plenty of ammo. Remember what I said," he said to her. Revy nodded and floored the gas and took off down the road. She had to start somewhere and what better place to start would be the Yellow Flag.

[Camera goes Birds eye view of the troop transports heading into downtown. Dialogue begins and camera cuts to dash camera]

"So what's the plan Talia," Omega leader asked. "When Operation Mongoose was being prepared we went through a list of times Balalaika went through downtown collecting each payment for each business personally. At the time we figured it was routine but when our recon team took a closer look they found heavy caches of ammo and weapons at each spot," Talia said. "What does that mean?" He asked. "It means that she is planning something big, probably expansion of her territory," Talia replied. "Now on her route back to her headquarters she passes a fairly deserted intersection. Our forward recon will delay hack the electrical system and delay the red light for you and your men to strike when the light turns green. After that it's just the elimination of her bodyguards and herself. We cannot let her escape back to her HQ. We are outnumbered as it is already we do not need to be putting ourselves into any further trouble, but if it does come to that I have one favor left from our good Chinese general. I'll tell you more later," Talia finished. Omega nodded and just continued to drive to the safe house.

It was around 0745hrs when Talia and her team reached the safe house. The safe house was a building that was abandon during Chriton's first visit to Roanapur. The building had blackened out windows and the outside looked it had survived one to many battles. Omega drove the truck around the back and eased the truck into the medium sized garage. Zulu leader followed Omega and slowly backed into the area. The forward recon team was there to greet them. The recon team helped out the injured from the trucks and brought them upstairs to where the medic was waiting. They lied down on the folded out cots and waited for medic to get to them. As they were being treated Omega, Zulu, and Recon leaders had a meeting with Talia.

"So what's the plan Ms.?" Recon leader asked. "As I was explaining to Omega in the truck; we will strike Balalaika at 2100hrs. At this time she should be headed back from her pick-up payments. Recon, I want you to hack this electrical system and find a way to delay this street light right here," she said pointing to the map. "Also I want to you turn all the lights green from about a mile down that crosses this intersection. Omega will strike Balalaika at the intersection. From there all we have to do is take our her escorts and take her out as well. We cannot let Balalaika escape back to her headquarters. We will probably have about 15 minutes before her back up mobilizes and comes to her aid. I'm looking at a 20 man escort for her. They will be armed with automatic rifles, body armor, and grenades so be careful," Talia finished. "Is Recon going to be providing sniper fire?" Zulu leader asked. "Negative, Recon will join us on the ground after Omega strikes so we're going to have our asses hanging in the wind but if we are able to take her our before back up arrives we won't need sniper fire," Talia replied. They all nodded in agreement that this was going to be the plan. Omega threw his fist into the middle of the table and said "For Chriton,". Zulu and Recon did the same as. Talia looked at the three squad leaders and hesitated for a moment. She would've had to kill all of them if they didn't believe her story so she had to make it seem like she was doing this for Chriton. She too threw her fist in as well repeating the words "For Chriton,".

[0815hrs, Black Lagoon apartment/office. Camera positioned facing the building. Revy comes speeding into the picture from the left and slides the car into a parking spot and gets out. Camera moves to drivers side door to see Revy get out. Rotates to her backside and sees her open the front door of the office and heads upstairs]

Revy opened the door to the apartment and saw Benny sitting on the couch watching the television. Benny turned his head slightly to notice that it was Revy and not Dutch who came in. "Hey Revy where have you been?" he asked. "Getting some replacements. "Where's the Dutch," she said asked as she put her right hand on The Reapers. "He's at the dock fixing up the area. He's trying to find some way to salvage the Lagoon," he said as he stood up. "Is something the matter?" he asked. "Get your shit ready, we're going to the dock. I'll ready in an hour," she said as she headed to her room. She opened her room door with the heel of her foot and began searching her stuff for something that was given to her. She went through her room like a tornado went through a trailer park to find what she was looking. "Damn it, where the hell is it?" she asked out loud. She scratched her head in confusion the looked to her right. Sitting on some dirty clothes was the hair dye she was looking for. It was given to her by Dutch's daughter before she died. [Flashback happens as she picks up the hair dye and looks at it].

There was a knock at Revy's door as she lied in bed. "Whaddaya' want?" she said as she poured herself a drink. "It's me, Vanessa," she said. Vanessa heard foots steps approach the door. The door flung open and Revy just stood there in her tank top and panties holding a bottle of Hennessey. "What?" she asked. "Umm, I thought we could talk and get to know each other better," Vanessa suggested. Revy laughed in her face as if the thought of hanging with Vanessa was something she'd enjoy. "What do you want to do? Play tea party of some shit?" she retorted. "No, I just thought we got off on the wrong foot that's all and I was wondering if we could bury the hatchet," Vanessa said. "The only hatched that's going to be buried is the one I find to put into your fat head," Revy threatened. Vanessa eyes just looked toward the ground as if her feelings were hurt. "Look kid, you're just something of a past memory. Dutch has a good thing going here and he doesn't need some ditzy little girl fucking up his business. Take this advice and get the hell out of dodge because you are not wanted," Revy barked. Vanessa eyes started to water and her tears hit the little package she was holding within in her hands. Rock came outside his room to see what the commotion was. "What's going on out here?" Rock asked. Revy wrapped her arm around Vanessa and smiled at Rock. Vanessa is caught off guard by Revy's action. "Oh nothing Rock, we were just about to have some so called 'girl time' that's all, nothing you'd be interested in," Revy said faking a smile. "You don't do that Revy," Rock commented. "What!? Can't a girl try something new?" Revy snapped as she forced Vanessa into his room and closed the door behind her. Revy walked passed Vanessa and sat on the bed. Vanessa turned around and headed for the door with her tail between her legs. "Stop right there," Revy said as she got one of her shot glasses off the window sill. "You wanted to talk to me so here's your chance, talk." Revy said. Vanessa turned around wiped her tears from her eyes and smiled slightly. Revy just looked at her and rolled her eyes.

Vanessa sat down on the chair and looked at Revy's simple room. There were more bottles of liquor on the floor then there were clothes. Burnt marks and bullet casings decorated the floors as well the bullet holes in the walls. "You have a very interesting room you have," Vanessa said. "Oh yeah, I was going for the drunk pistol wielding bitch look," she said. Vanessa giggled a bit. Revy poured her a glass of Hennessy and herself one as well. "Don't drink?" she said to Vanessa as she just stared at the bottle. "Not a lot," Vanessa replied. Vanessa grabbed the shot glass as Revy watched her. She put shot glass to her lips and took a sip very gently. Her mouth twitched and her eyes squinted. "No, No, No," Revy said. "You don't drink it like that you slam it back into your mouth. So stop that tea party shit and drink it how it's suppose to drank," Revy said. Vanessa opened up her mouth and poured the drink in. Her cheeks puffed up as she held in the drink in her cheeks. "Swallow it," Revy ordered. Vanessa swallowed the whole thing in one gulp. She fell out her chair and started coughing. Revy just stood their laughing. "Oh you're such a lightweight," Revy commented. As Vanessa regained her ability to breathe she got her feet and handed Revy the package. 'Black hair dye' it read. Revy just tossed it over her shoulder on to her bed and poured another glass for Vanessa and herself. Vanessa tensed up as she saw golden brown liquor fill up to the rim. "Ready?" Revy asked. Vanessa stayed quiet and picked up the shot glass. "Go!" yelled as she slammed back another shot. Vanessa followed her lead and tasted what it was like to be a Roanapur citizen. "Woo, look at this girl," Revy said pouring another shot. "I can...I can..." Vanessa started saying but couldn't finish the sentence. She quickly got up from her chair and hurried to the bathroom. The sounds of vomiting filled the apartment that night. Revy just looked outside her door as the bathroom door shut behind Vanessa. She laughed but saw Rock just staring at her wanting to give her a lecture of some kind. "What?" she said as her eye brow raised. [Flashback ends.]

Revy smiled slightly and went to the bathroom and followed the instructions on the box. Benny finished getting ready and knocked on the bathroom door. "One fucking minute," Revy said. Benny stepped back out to the living room and waited for Revy. An hour passed as he waited for her to come out. He heard the bathroom door open but was too late to see Revy come out. She had already gone in her room and started getting ready. Benny closed his eyes for a quick minute but when he reopened them it was to the feeling of a slap on the face. Benny blinked a few times and sat up. He looked at his watch and saw the time. It was just passed 1pm. "What took you so long?" he asked Revy as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He got and saw Revy. Her hair was now somewhat shorter than now and instead of auburn it was jet black. She was wearing a grey tank top her brown Cutlasses holders and another pair of her tight jeans that flaunted more her leg than most jean shorts should. "Uh, okay..." Benny said continuing to look her over. "Where's your Cutlasses?" he said as he noticed The Reapers. "Gone," she remarked. "Well lets get going," he said. Revy headed out the door first. Benny closed the door behind him as he walked out. "Your hair looks oddly familiar for some reason," Benny commented.

[Camera is facing the dock from the ocean and sees the car pull up in the background with Dutch on the Dock working with other workers]

The two got out of the packed car and headed for the dock where Dutch was working. By the time they got to the dock it was already 2pm. Revy and Benny got out of the car and headed down the steps. They saw two large boats with heavy crane machinery pulling something up out of the water. "Yo Dutch," Benny called out. Dutch looked behind him and saw Benny and a female walking behind him. Dutch waved his hand to him in a 'come here' motion. As the female came into view he noticed it was Revy. "Holy shit, you looked like someone else from back there," Dutch said. "Yeah, it just seemed like it needed to be done right now," she said. A mild silence floated between the two for a few minutes. The sound of the wire rising out of the water pulling up the lagoon could be heard. "I'm not sorry for the way I acted Dutch. I do hate you...but you and Benny are the only ones I have left now. I need your guys help in finding Chriton and his bitch," Revy said as she looked at Dutch. "I don't blame you for the way you feel Revy but we had to leave," Dutch said. "I know," Revy replied. "You didn't need to ask though Revy," Dutch said. "We always have each other back, no matter what," Dutch said. "Yep, we're stuck with each other unfortunately," Benny chimed in. Revy smiled a bit as she looked at the two of them. "You want to hug or something?" Dutch said jokingly. Revy walked over to him and did the unexpected and hugged him tightly. Feeling the urge to cry she didn't; she just held it in and turned it to something else. "We'll get them Revy, I promise," Dutch whispered in her ear. Revy just nodded in his shoulder then pushed him away. "Let's go, we start at the Yellow Flag," Revy said.

[2:30pm, Yellow Flag]

The crew walked in together and sat at the bar. Revy motioned her hand to Bao for a drink. "What will you have lady?" Bao asked in his raspy voice. "Is that anyway to talk to a friend?" Revy asked. Bao just looked at her but did recognize her. "I'm not your friend lady, now what do you want?" Bao asked again. Revy raised her head a bit and said "Information,". Bao dropped the glass he was holding. "Damn Revy, you look different and oddly familiar at the same time," Bao said as he got another glass and poured her the usual. "Information Bao, I need some," Revy said. "About Chriton," Revy mentioned. "You haven't heard Revy?" Bao asked. "Word around town is that Chriton is dead," Bao said. "How?" she asked. "Not sure, but the CIA have his body and their camp," Bao replied. "When did the CIA get involved?" Revy questioned. "I don't know, probably a few days ago. They set up camp at Eda's church," he said. "Does anyone know anything else?" Revy asked. "You might want to go and ask that guy over there," He said pointing to a figure sitting in the corner facing the wall. Revy got from the stool and barged over to where the man was sitting. "Hey asshole, what's the deal with Chriton? Is he dead or isn't he?" She asked as she stood behind. "It's good to see you too Revy. I'm surprised you made it of that place alive," the man said as he stood up. Revy pulled one of her Reapers out and pointed it at his back. The room bar went silent. The man turned around and they saw it was Jones.

"What the hell are you still doing here Jones?" Dutch asked. "After I left you two I went topside. Trying to make a quick exit I was caught off guard by some spooks. I managed to escape before they found out who I was and I've been here ever since," Jones said. Revy shot the Reaper next to his ear. Jones clinched his ear in pain. "Are you fucking menstruating or something?" he shouted. "Next one will be in your head. Information," she said. "After letting you survive you treat me like this," he said. Revy put the gun up to his forehead and pushed his head down on to the table. "Ease off bitch, I don't know damn thing. Last I heard on the comms. was to shoot Talia on sight," Jones said. "That's it?" Revy asked. "Yes, that's it. Now will you remove that gun from my head, I'd like to see another day on this shitty island," he said. Revy eased off the gun and holstered it. "If anything I would go look for Talia if she's still alive. I can tell you that is far more resilient than Chriton is," Jones said as he got back to his feet. Revy turned away. As they started walking Jones spoke again "Did your little boyfriend make it?" he asked. Revy stopped in place as she heard the question. "Ah, that's a shame. Oh well I guess he had to die sometime. People like him don't..." he said as he was cut off by another sound "BLAM!". Revy gripped The Reaper tightly with her hand and just stared as Jones dropped to his knees with a bullet in his chest. He put his hand over his chest and saw the blood. "You shot me you fucking..." his sentenced was interrupted again by several quick loud bursts. His body flew back two feet from the force of the other Reaper. She dual wield both Reapers easily. "Anyone else feel like dying in this bar?" She asked to the people watching. No one said anything to her. Revy holstered The Reapers and thanked Bao for the info and tossed him a wad of cash. The three went back to the car and headed to the church.

[1515hrs, Church of Violence, Camera faces up beneath the helicopter that's landing. Camera switches from beneath helicopter to passenger door. Eda climbs out and rushes away from the chopper. Camera cuts to Eda's view as she looks at the chopper lifting off. Thomas gives Eda a thumbs up and becomes out of focus as the chopper goes higher and heads back to the Dreadnaught]

As the chopper headed back to the carrier Eda turns around to see Revy, Dutch, and Benny sit on the hood of their car looking directly at Eda. Revy and Eda approach each other and just looked each other. "Sudden change of looks aren't going to help your manly personality Revy," Eda said. "Finally decided to get that sex change you've been wanting Eda?" Revy remarked. "You want to settle this here and now little lady?" Eda asked taunting Revy. "We already know who'd win the match you stupid bitch," Revy growled. The two butted heads and growled at each other but lost interest quickly. It was as if the hose was turned on two cats. "I'm too busy for this," Eda said. Revy rolled her eyes and sighed. "We'll wait here," Benny said. Dutch and Benny got back into the car and just turned on the radio. Revy followed Eda inside the church. "I knew you were always hiding something, just could never tell what it was. Didn't think it was being a dog for the government. Tell me, are the bones they always give up the ass or has it changed?" Revy said poking fun of her. "We all have our roles Revy, you know that as well I do. Just because I wear their gear and answer to them doesn't mean I'm their bitch," Eda said. "Why the hell am I even explaining this to you, what do you want?" Eda asked again as if she was getting annoyed with Revy's presence. "I heard you have Chriton's body, is that true?" Revy asked. "Well if you must know, yes, it's true," Eda said as she headed the back room and into the bathroom. "Can I see it?" Revy shouted. Eda didn't answer as she threw up into the toilet from not handling the helicopter ride well and seeing Dreyton's carcass. She flushed the toilet and washed her mouth out. Revy asked her again and waited for a reply. Eda opened the door and headed back to the main hall. "You don't believe me?" Eda asked as she reached behind Jesus for a drink but only felt wood and not a bottle. Eda grunted and went to the confessional and lifted up the seat for her other hidden stash. "She didn't get this bottle," Eda said to herself. "Want some?" Eda asked holding up the bottle. "Yeah, fine, whatever," Revy replied.

"Yolanda must of took my glasses away so we'll just drink from the bottle," Eda said as she pulled the cork off with her teeth. She took a swig of the stuff forcefully handed it to Revy. "Follow me," Eda said as she headed back out to the front. As they walked they drank from the bottle. Revy handed the bottle back to her as they turned the corner to go behind the church where they had a frozen locker trailer. Eda looked at the bottle and saw it was half empty. "I hope you don't have fucking herpes you dirty bitch," Eda said jokingly. "So funny," Revy said sarcastically. Eda gave the bottle back to Revy and opened the steel handles to the trailer and climbed in. Eda extended her hand as to offering help up and Revy put out her hand to grab hers but Eda just smacked it away. "The bottle not your hand," Eda said. Revy slammed the bottle into her palm. "Pull yourself up," Eda said as she walked back into the trailer and turned on the light. As Revy climbed up Eda moved over to the casket and opened it up. Chriton was sitting in it with his eyes closed. Revy just looked at him in disgust. "This is too good for him," Revy said as she continued to look at the corpse. "You're telling me, basterd got lucky that he didn't meet with any of us," Eda replied. Eda closed the casket quickly. Revy blinked a few times and came back to reality. "Come on." Eda said as she hopped out of the trailer. The two of them went back in and talked for awhile over more booze.

"I'm sorry to hear about Rock," Eda mentioned. "Me too," Revy said. Revy stayed quiet after she had finished telling her what had happened with her and him while in the compound. "I've been ordered to take down his remaining forces. My boss is sending in another SEAL team to help me out. You want to join up with me?" Eda offered. Revy just tilted her head back and stared off into space again. "Having someone I know who's going to have my back is a good feeling," Eda said. Revy didn't say anything. "Hey!" Eda shouted. "I'm talking to you," she said. Revy tilted her head back and looked at Eda. "How many is your boss bringing in?" Revy asked. "About 10 guys for this operation," she replied. "What are you going to tell them?" Revy inquired. "Whatever I want to tell them. So you in?" Eda asked again. "You bet your ass I am in," Revy replied smiling devilishly. "Good," Eda commented.

The sun had lowered greatly in the sky as Revy agreed to go in the with Eda. "So do we know where Talia and her men are located?" Revy asked. "Our spies have said they have three possible locations where the are hiding out at. We can expect a heavy fight Revy. Like that time that that counterfeiter girl was here but about 10x worse," Eda said. "Really?" Revy said. "Oh yeah. Check out her file," Eda said as she slid her dossier across the table to her. Revy looked through Talia's background and was amazed that Talia didn't work for herself instead of working with Chriton. Dutch and Benny came inside as Revy continued read over Talia's history. "What's going on?" Dutch asked. "Just doing some reading. Drink?" Eda offered with a smile. The four of them discussed what was happening and how things should go down. "I need to Dutch and Benny to come along as well Eda," Revy said. "No fucking way, can't do it. I'm already risking my neck to bring you along and that's only because you're good on the pistols as I am. I can't trust this SEAL team to be like you," Eda commented. "Give them a radio and rifle and they'll be our eyes when we go inside," Revy said. "Ugh, this is going to be too much Revy," Eda replied. "I thought you said you are your own boss and you're not their bitch?" Revy said trying to get Eda to say yes. Eda took a big sigh and took another drink from one of the other bottles on the table. "Fine," she said "But they don't fire unless I give them the word, kapiche?" Eda said. "That's fine by us," Dutch said with Benny nodding in agreement. Eda looked at the time and saw it was 1759hrs. "Alright lets go," Eda said as she stood up. She stumbled a bit as she got up. "Going in drunk?" Dutch asked. "I need to be loose for this shit," Eda said as she walked down the isle and out the door. "We're taking your car to the meeting," Eda said as she hopped through the window of the car. "How many did she have?" Benny asked Revy. "More than me," she replied.

[1830hrs, East docks of Roanapur. Camera position itself from behind the four of them looking out towards the ocean. A low fog has steadily come in providing some cover for the SEAL team. Camera switches to inside of chopper. A red glow illuminates the SEAL team inside. A green light quickly turns on and the both doors open on the chopper. Camera switches back to behind view of the four on the dock. Chopper hovers in places as four rappelling line drop out from inside. 10 SEAL's rappel out of the chopper and land on the deck. Camera changes to above the chopper watch the SEAL's go down. Camera switches for the final to regular view to see the chopper head on out.]

The SEAL team leader salutes Eda and Eda salutes back. Revy just watches as the two converse with each other. Eda walks back to Revy and tells them what's going on. "I told them you're our agents from the field that suspected the hideouts. They trust me," she said smiling. "Why the hell are you smiling?" Revy asked. "Because I wouldn't even trust me," she said laughing. Eda lead the SEAL's to a small transport that was hidden in one of the containers dropped off by Patterson for the operation. "We'll lead, you follow," Eda said to the SEAL team leader. "You got it," SEAL team leader said. "Move out," he issued the order to his men. They got into their vehicles and went to the first spot which was on the outskirts of downtown. "So how are we going to stop the rest of these people from in this city to not join in on the fighting?" Revy asked. "We got Chief Watsup to secure a 50 yard radius around the building and told everyone to stay inside. Don't worry, have I ever steered you wrong?" Eda asked. Revy just looked at Eda. "Don't answer that," Eda said.

They arrived at the first suspected hideout. It was an old warehouse with a chain link fence around it. Perfect for a staging area for any assault on Roanapur. They parked the truck 10 yards away from the building and go out. Dutch and Benny headed into the wooded area with an M40 sniper rifle and a radio and took up position. The SEAL team truck pulled up and the men got out and hurried to Revy and Eda's position. "Give me three of your men to go with me and you and the others go around back and we'll enter on my signal," Eda ordered. "Yes sir," SEAL team leader understood and issued the orders. As SEAL team leader and his men circled towards the back Eda, Revy, and the three other SEAL's moved towards the front of the entrance. Eda cut the chains on the gate and opened her up. The SEAL's quickly moved in towards the wall and placed an entry explosive on the door and waited for instructions. Eda and Revy moved quickly to the wall. "Here, take this," Eda said as she gave her some ear plugs that doubled as a radio. Revy put on the radio and tested it out. "I hear you, now shut up," Eda said. Revy got quiet and waited for Eda's signal. "We blow the doors, then clear the warehouse. We take no prisoners, I repeat, no prisoners, out," Eda commanded. "3...2...1...Breach," Eda ordered. The front and back door blew open simultaneously. Both teams moved under the smoke and debris and began sweeping the building. "Room clear! Room Clear!" SEAL team leader squad reported. With in minutes the warehouse was clear but there was nothing found. "Regroup outside men," Eda ordered. The groups headed back outside and meet back at the transport. "It turns out this place was a dud. Where's the next place located?" SEAL team leader asked. Eda pointed on the map at a building within the vicinity of Triad territory. "We may expect resistance from the Triad so engage only if you are engaged, understood?" Eda asked. "We get you sir," the SEAL's sounded off. "It will take some time to get the area blocked off so stay frosty men," Eda said. The SEAL's moved back to the truck and waited to move out. "It's weird you know," Revy mentioned. "What?" Eda asked. "Seeing you like this, it doesn't suit you," Revy replied. Eda couldn't help but think that she was right but betraying the government that can wipe her out of existence was something that couldn't be thought of at the moment.

[1945hrs, Camera cuts to flashing red light on small control console in hideout where Talia's men are located.]

"Ma'am you might want to take a look at this," one of the soldiers said. "What is it?" Talia asked. "Our video camera caught this before we lost connection," he said as he turned the screen to Talia. She saw the SEAL's enter and clear the warehouse before they left. "hold it," Talia said. "Back up the video and freeze it right here," she said pointing at the screen. "Can you enhance?" she asked. "A little bit," he said as he enhanced the picture. Talia saw Revy with the SEAL team. "So we meet again," Talia said to herself. "What are the chances of them getting to us before we move out?" Talia asked. "50/50 Ma'am," the soldier said. "Damn it, right rig the building with whatever C-4 you have on you we're going to start getting ready," she ordered. "Troops listen up, we're moving out early so we can get to our positions. Balalaika is about to head to make her rounds for payments. We will strike her when she is coming back, this is it men," she said. The men cheered and started to prepare their gear. She went back to the soldier and asked him a question. "If they choose the hideout which is wrong next time around do we have any type of plan to delay?" she asked. "We took it upon ourselves to inform the Triad that several local thugs have been using that building drug house. If anything, there will be a decent firefight between the SEAL's, Triads, and those merc's we hired out. We also planted some boxes of ours there to make it seem like we were there," the soldier said. "Good thinking," she said. "Thank you Ma'am," the soldier said as he turned back around to the console. Talia then stuck him in his neck with her blade then pulled it across his neck. The soldier's head hit the console and started to bleed out. "Last time you use our funds without my authorization," Talia said. She wiped the blade clean on his fatigues and finished helping the men get ready.

The Recon team moved out first as the rest of the men were finishing loading their guns. "As soon as you finish hacking the system wait for my orders then move back topside and press forward with Zulu," Talia ordered. "Roger that, Recon out," Recon leader said. Omega Leader patted each of his men on their shoulders and wished the luck. He headed downstairs and met up with Talia who was waiting for him by the dump truck. "This plan better work Talia," Omega said. "Excuse me?" Talia said sounding surprised. "You heard me correctly. Don't think I don't know about MY last order given to me by Chriton. Kill Talia on sight," he said looking directly at her. "So you know then don't you?" Talia asked. "Of course I know but I figured I'd give you the benefit of the doubt that you could accomplish what Chriton set out to do and here we are," Omega replied. "You won't tell your men?" she asked. "They don't need to know about how he actually died, it doesn't concern them. They follow me and I follow my orders, plain and simple," he said. "Best of luck to you Talia," he said as he climbed into the dump truck and started her up. The truck slowly moved out from behind the building went towards the position. Talia smiled a bit and hurried up with the preparations.

[2000hrs, Camera views the last bit of troops leaving the hideout. Camera cuts to inside the building where Talia is placing the automatic detonator on the C-4.]

Talia gets into the drivers side and starts up the troops transport and heads to the destination with Omega squad in the back. It didn't take long for her to get to the area. Omega troops piled out of the truck and formed up behind the alley of one the of building facing the street where Balalaika's car will be. Talia jumped out of the truck and walked with Omega squad down the alley. "Boost" she said to one of the soldiers. The soldier interlaced his fingers and boosted her up to the ladder behind the building. She got up on the ladder and kicked it down for the rest of the squad to move up. They got to the roof and set up their weapons. Talia sat down behind the small roof wall and disassembled her gun and started oiling up the parts. Her leg started to shake slightly because she was nervous. This would be her first time without Chriton by her side to watch her back. She had no one to watch her back on this, she was without a doubt alone now.

[2020hrs, Camera cuts hood camera watching Dutch, Benny, Revy, and Eda driving towards the second hideout within Triad territory. The car was silent as the four of them focused on what to expect when they got there]

The car passed the police checkpoint outside then parked quickly. Dutch and Benny headed for a rooftop adjacent to the hideout they were at. Dutch flipped opened the scope and viewed inside the building. Benny turned out the communications and listened in for any chatter within side the building. "Revy, come in," Dutch hailed. "What's up?" she said. "I see a bunch of Triad inside. They're looking over what seems to be a few bodies. I can't tell it's Talia's men or not," he said. "So what do you suggest Dutch?" Revy asked. "I'm not sure, but moving in on the Triads and mistaking them for Talia's men are going to make things a bit dicey in the end. I wouldn't advise you guys to go in there," Dutch suggested. "Uh huh, I'll tell Eda," Revy said. "Out," she finished turning the radio off. Revy told Eda what Dutch had said and Eda didn't feel good about the situation herself but she gave the orders anyhow to breach the building. Revy went with Eda anyways because she had to know herself.

Both team split up and went for the same approach as last time. Benny started to hear chatter on the radio. "They've been found out Dutch, the men and getting ready for them, tell them to abort," Benny said frantically. "Eda abort mission, abort mission! They know you're coming," Dutch hailed but she didn't hear the warning. Eda and the SEAL teams breached both entrances. Rapid fire could be heard from within side the building. "Man down! man down!" One of the SEAL's shouted. The lights inside cut out and Triads started firing blindly into the darkness. "Fuck, I'm going hot," Dutch said to Benny. Dutch took aim through the scope and fired a round directly into the chest of one of the Triads. He found another one shooting at the SEAL team and fired another round crippling him. More Triad chatter came through the radio. "Their retreating back upstairs Dutch," Benny said quickly. Dutch scoped into the top floor and saw the Triad popping open crates that contained some heavy duty small arms. "Revy, Eda, come in," he hailed them again. "If you hear me they have an M-60 in the hallway," Dutch said. Dutch fired a shot through the top floor window killing one of the other Triad. "Sniper! Sniper!" one of the Triad soldiers yelled. They ducked behind the wall and started firing at the adjacent building. Benny and Dutch ducked behind the small roof wall as tracers and automatic fire ate up their cover.

"SEAL team 2 tossing flashbang" SEAL team leader said as he approached the top of the stairs. A blinding white flash and a deafening noise stunned the Triad behind the M-60 but it did not stop him from pulling the trigger. As SEAL team leader stepped out into the hallway several rounds pierced his chest and dropped him to the floor. "SEAL leader down!" on of the SEAL's reported. The SEALs on the stairs dragged the team leader away from the fire and helped him down the stairs. "I'm taking this shot," Eda said. She peeked quickly on the see the Triad lying on his stomach with the weapon on its' bipod. Eda pulled her G35 and made quick shot down the hallway and splattered the Triads brains on the wall behind him. His head fell on the gun and the M-60 stopped firing. "I'm taking this room," Revy said. She ran full force at the door while firing several rounds into the door. The door fell off it's hinges and braced Revy's fall to the ground. Revy quickly put Reaper over the other Reaper in and X style grip and shot the Triads shooting at Dutch and Benny. The door that led to the room adjacent to room Revy was in flung open and three triad aimed at Revy but Revy quickly switched to automatic on the Reapers and released the X handling of the Reapers into standard and annihilated the three who were about to kill her. Their bodies flew backwards from the force of the guns. The SEAL's cleared the other two rooms but found no one inside. "Building clear!" one of the SEAL's sounded off.

Eda and Revy moved outside with the SEAL teams and helped out the critically wounded SEAL team leader. Several police cruiser and several ambulances came rushing to the building where they were at. Dutch and Benny got up from their cover and headed back down to the street to see the damage. They met up with Revy who was reloading her Reapers. Eda was over by one of the ambulances gurney with the paramedics trying to keep the SEAL team leader alive but it was too late. Eda wiped the blood off her hands and strolled over to where the Dutch, Revy, and Benny were standing. "SEAL team leader is dead and we have two wounded soldiers on their way to the hospital," Eda said. "What the fuck happened?" Eda asked Dutch. "I tried telling you but for some reason your radio didn't respond," Dutch said. The remaining SEAL's walked over to where Eda and the rest of them were standing. "Hey assholes, our team leader is dead because of you," the SEAL said. "Wasn't our fault," Dutch said. "Easy boys," Eda said as she stepped in between Dutch, Revy, and Benny. "Fuck that, it was your damn fault," he responded to Dutch. A punch flew at Benny's face and knocked him to the ground. Soon the SEAL team and Dutch, Revy, and Eda were fighting it out with each other. Punches and kicks were flying out of anger. The police stepped in and broke up the fight. "He killed our leader," The SEAL shouted. Ten LED headlights appeared in the distance and raced towards them. "Christ, it's the Triads," Chief Watsup said. "Weapons at the ready boys," he hollered. The police officers formed a quick line and withdrew their pistols. The five sedans fanned out and stopped in place. Four men got of four cars. They all armed with M4 assault rifles and body armor. From the lead car out stepped Chang.

He had is brown trench coat on and his hair slicked backed. He had a cigarette in his mouth which he immediately spit out as he walked towards the police line. He looked at the building and saw the damage then looked directly at Eda. She pushed Watsup aside and shook hands with Chang. The two walked inside the building and started to discuss what happened. "This was suspected to be one of the hideouts Talia and the rest of her men were using," Eda said. "I heard differently," Chang stated. "I heard it was being used a drug house for local thugs. My men took the house and killed the assholes inside a few hours ago, then you arrived," Chang said. "We couldn't have known that your men were inside," Eda said. "maybe," Chang said. They headed upstairs and checked out the rooms. "Maybe? What do you mean maybe? Are you saying we did this raid purposely?" Eda inquired angrily. "No, what I'm saying is that my superiors are getting concerned about where I am a lot of time which makes me meeting with frequently not look so good. Our spies are everywhere just like yours but if mine see me and report to my superiors then I will be replaced and you'll be left with nothing and more than likely an all out war will be waged," Chang said as he looked over the bodies. "I assure you Chang, we didn't do this purposely. I mean what would could possibly get from fucking raiding this pathetic building,?" Eda asked. "Don't worry about it Eda, you're just like me. A dog for their master," Chang commented. Eda winced at that saying and he knew he was right. She was nothing more than a mere dog. "When they don't need us anymore they'll find someone better to replace us," Chang said. "But like I said, don't worry about it. Do you know why I say this?" Chang asked. "No, why?" Eda said. "Because of that," he said pointing at a box. "This was a setup to make it seem like Talia and her men were here," Chang said. "This bitch is always fucking one step ahead of me," Eda said. "Don't beat yourself up about it. Best thing you can do is find a way to stop her," Chang said. The two went back downstairs and out to the front. The two shook each others hands and separated. "Oh and Eda," Chang said. "Same agreement as last but I will be needing three containers instead of one," Chang mentioned. "They'll be there," Eda said. "Lets get out of here men," Chang said. The guards got back into their cars and followed Chang back to his office. "What was that about?" Watsup asked. "Thin ice Watsup, Thin fucking ice," Eda said.

[2050hrs, Camera cuts to street level view. 10 sets of wheels are seen in the frame go driving by. Camera moves to road camera and sees two SUV's leading an armored sedan in the middle with two more SUV's in the back. Camera goes to birds eye view as it approaches intersection. Radio chatter is heard from Talia's men. Still birds eye view and convoy stops at ambush intersection at red light. Camera cuts to inside armored sedan where Boris and Balalaika and chatting.]

"I think it'd be wise to not do a collection for a month or two. Let it be a sign of good fortune that you care about the businesses in your area. Let them be able to use the money that they usually use for you for themselves," Boris suggested. "Hmm, you could be right Boris," Balalaika said. "Should anyone muscle their way into our territory when we don't collect it will show us who are the ones that need to be stopped, good thinking," Balalaika commented. The light turned green and the convoy started up again.

[Camera swings to outside view opposite facing the out to the right of the intersection. Boris and Balalaika are chatting. Then outside their window two high beams turn on and smash right into Balalaika's passenger window. Camera quickly cuts to over the top view of intersection and the sedan flips over and starts to roll. Camera cuts again to inside the car. Balalaika and Boris are hanging on for dear life. Cuts again to outside as the car rolls onto its roof, slides 100ft down the street and comes to a dead halt.]

"Open fire!" Talia commands. Zulu squad opens up on the two SUV's that were at the back of the convoy. Omega team and Talia begin to fire down upon the bottom of the car that's facing upwards. Four of Balalaika's bodyguards quickly jump out of the lead truck and rush to Balalaika's position but is immediately cut down by MG-42 light machine gun fire on top of the roof where Omega squad is located. Their knee caps are shot and the tumble to the ground only to be slaughtered by another volley fire. The second lead SUV backs up while receiving fire from all sides and moves to Balalaika's flipped over car. "Move in!" Talia orders. One of Omega soldiers stays on the roof as the rest throw over their ropes and rappel down from the roof. Talia and Omega squad hit the ground running taking cover where ever they can as men from the back escort advance on their rear. "Zulu, do something about those men," Omega leader ordered. "Roger," Zulu leader responded. "MG-42 suppressing fire!" he ordered. 7.92mm bullets rained upon the approaching guards. Some were too late to take cover as they were ripped in half from the ferocity of the gunfire. One of the bodyguards lobs a grenade at the machine gunner and blows him in half. Body parts and flesh fall from the sky as the MG-42 is silenced. The bodyguard continue to move in on Talias rear. One of the bodyguards moves the SUV towards the corner of the street to provide cover for the approaching troops. Omega leader gets out of the truck and loads his Type 95 light machine gun and jumps out of the dump truck and fires upon the bodyguards. Tracer fire and muzzle flashes light up the dark street like fireworks going off. The second lead SUV manages to weave in and out of machine gun fire to pull in front of the Balalaika's toppled sedan. The four bodyguards jump out of the truck and fire upon Talia and Omega squad stopping their advance on Balalaika.

While the firefight intensifies outside, inside the sedan a crippled Balalaika and a half unconscious Boris lie waiting to be rescued. "Break open the door damn it!" one of the bodyguard demands. "I'm trying to but it's jammed," he responds. "Get the crowbar and bring out the PK," he said. The guard nods and turns back to the truck open the trunk and grabs both items. "Here you fire upon them and I'll pry," said the guard. The bodyguard loaded the PK light machinegun and sprayed upon the opposing force. The loud PK light machinegun force Talia's forces to a crawl. "Tuk! Tuk! Tuk!" the light machinegun bellowed as the guard put out several round bursts. "I got it!" the guard with crowbar exclaims. He gets on his stomach and drags out Boris. "Are you ok?" he shouts to Boris as he regains consciousness. "Are you ok?" he says again. "I'm fine, get Balalaika," he orders. The guard gets back on his stomach and pulls Balalaika out. Her arm is broken in several places and she has several wounds on her head and are continually pumping out blood. "Get her into the truck," Boris commands. Talia shoots a grenade from her MGL on the left hand side of the downed car dropping the PK gunner. Boris reloads his stechkin pistol and fires again. He drops two of Omega's men with headshots. Talia fires another round blowing up closer to Balalaika. The guard holding her up pushed Balalaika into the door. Her arm smashes into the door and the gut wrenching pain wakes her up. She screams horridly. Boris turns to her and grabs her and puts her into the car.

"They're trying to move her, stop them!" Talia orders as the rest of Omega squad pushes harder onto the car downed car. Boris takes a shot in the shoulder but continues to fire. "Toss the grenades then move out," he shouts. The guards hurl what grenades they have at Talia and her men and pin them down giving them enough time to get back into the truck and drive off on all flats. "Fuck!" Talia exclaims. She turns her attention to the bodyguard pinned down by the SUV on the corner and fires three grenades onto them blowing them apart. "Omega squad regroup with Zulu forces and take follow me and Omega leader, we're going after them. Omega get your ass in the driver seat, lets go!" she yells. Omega and several Zulu troops move back to the transport and back out of the alley. Omega leader and Talia get back into the dump truck and race after Balalaika.

Balalaika screams in pain as her arm is relocated. "I can't feel my fucking arm Boris!" she shrieks. "We need to take her to the hospital," the guard says. "Negative, we have to get back to the office and round up what men are there. Then we can get her to the hospital. I believe our chopper is still on the roof," Boris orders. As the guard continues to drive the SUV as fast as possible he sees two pairs of headlights approaching them quickly from behind. "Guys, we got company," the guard said. Boris's eyes dart out the window and sees Talia approaching fast. "Honk! Honk!" the dump trucks horn blared. Talia sticks her torso out the window and fires more grenades onto the escaping truck. As the truck zigs and zags out of traffic the dump truck just smashes through the cars that are in the way. [Camera rotates between side view of Talia pursuing Balalaika and birds eye view.] Boris reaches in the back of the truck and grabs the last light machinegun there was, an RPD. He fires out the back window shattering the glass and piercing the trucks grill. "All men full alert, we are coming in under fire," the guard says as he hails the HQ on the radio.

[Camera cuts to Hotel Moscow troops pouring on the front and setting spike strips along the road. Camera cuts back to chase.]

Talia loads in her last eight grenades in her MGL and fires onto the truck. The SUV manages to dodge the explosions but the SUV is can't take much more damage. "Damn it, ram them!" she orders Omega. He floors the gas pedal and hits the truck. He does it again the SUV starts to fishtail. "Again!" she demands. The dump truck hits the SUV and forces it to catch some air only to go sliding on its' side down the street. Sparks fly out from the truck as it reaches Hotel Moscow's fountain. Omega leader floors the dump again as it takes immense gunfire from the troops at Hotel Moscow. With the driver killed Boris helps Balalaika crawl to the front of the truck quickly and smashes the windshield out with his foot. He heaves Balalaika over his bad shoulder and runs quickly into the building just as the dump truck smashes into the fountain and truck. Boris dives to the left as the dump truck nearly runs him over as it smashes through the front of the lobby. Omega and Zulu stop the transport truck before it reaches Hotel Moscow. The troops climb out of the truck quickly and run for cover along the street and engage the forces of Hotel Moscow. Men and women run criss-cross across the streets trying to avoid the heavy fire. Some are too slow and are taken down. As a heavy firefight amasses on the main street of Hotel Moscow; Recon leader and his squad move towards the back of Hotel Moscow and slip down into the underground garage of Hotel Moscow.

[Camera cuts to Eda and Revy about to assault Talia's last hideout until they get the call of a massive shootout between unknown forces and Hotel Moscow troops]

"All units, All units, reports of heavy gunfire emanating from Hotel Moscow are coming in. Standby for further information," the woman said on the radio. "Hotel Moscow forces are engaged with an unknown amount of assailants armed with automatic rifles. All units are to report on scene," the woman said. "That's them," Eda said. "We got our location boys move your ass," the new SEAL leader ordered. Eda and Revy hop back into the car with Dutch and Benny and Race to Hotel Moscow.

[Camera cuts to inside the lobby. Focuses in to driver side door of dumb truck. Omega leader forces the door open and falls out.]

Omega gets to his feet and moves around to the passenger side door and helps out Talia who is slightly stuck. As Omega is preoccupied Boris grabs Balalaika and heads to the elevator and gets in. Talia spots them getting away and tells Omega to hurry up. He pulls her from the wreckage and helps her up. Four guards rush in to stop Talia but she pulls out her operator and shoots them directly in the chest dropping them quickly. "Grab their guns and radio and lets go," Talia says as she gets to her feet. Omega grabs their HK5 sub machineguns and headed upstairs in pursuit of Boris and Balalaika.

The elevator sounded the ding and the doors opened up. The floor was deserted because everyone was downstairs on the street fighting. Boris quickly opened the to Balalaika's room and went searching for the helicopters keys. Balalaika limped over to her desk and opened up her safe which held an AKS-74U and three clips. "I got them!" Boris shouted. As he shouted they heard the elevator sound again. Boris put his finger over his lips in a shushing manner. Balalaika went for cover behind her desk as Boris hid in the bedroom. The room got silent as they waited for the two pursuers to fall into their trap. The elevator dinged again and a few seconds it dinged again. Boris got up from his spot and slowly approached the door. He could hear the elevator ding again but he couldn't hear anything outside. He fired off a full clip across the wall and door but shot only air. Balalaika got up from her spot as well and went to the door with Boris. She gave him a quick nod and he knew what she meant. They kicked down the door together and went back to back covering each other. They looked down the hall at both ends and saw nothing. The elevator had a body of a dead guard lying in the middle. The doors couldn't shut properly so it continued to ding. "Where are they?" Balalaika asked. "I don't know but I don't care. We need to get you a hospital," Boris said. "I'm fine Boris, I'm not the one who's shot," she said. "This is just a scratch," he replied. "Lets move up to the helipad, go," Boris said. The two moved slowly down the hall until they reached the stairs that led up to the roof. It had appeared that Talia and Omega had gotten lost within the hotel. Boris helped Balalaika climb up the stairs. After five flights of stairs they reached the top. They opened the door to the roof to only see a bullet riddled helicopter. They saw two HK5's on the ground and bullet casings everywhere. "Damn it," Balalaika said. "Let's go Kapitan, we can find a way out through the garage," Boris said. Balalaika turned around and went for the door. As she turned the handle Omega comes from around the corner and punches Boris straight in the cheek. Boris stumbles right but still remains standing. Talia ducks out around the other corner and kicks Balalaika down the stairs. Talia follows Balalaika as Omega deals with Boris.

The wind from warm wind blew slowly across the helipad as the two guards faced off with each other. "Do you really expect to survive this?" Boris asked. "No, I don't but to be honest It doesn't bother me one bit," Omega said. Omega pulled his knife out and slid it across

to Boris. "I don't believe in cheating when I'm fighting one on one," Omega said. Boris picked up the knife and held it tactically. Omega pulled out his baton quickly and rushed in. Boris swiped the knife across Omega's face but misses him by centimeters. Omega swung the baton at Boris's chest and hit him directly across the chest. Boris crippled over from the hit of the steel baton only to receive another blow to the back of his knees. Boris dropped to the ground. "Get up!" Omega said. Boris stood up tall once more and waited for Omega's attack. Omega swung the baton again but Boris block it with the knife and gave Omega an uppercut to the chin. Omega flew backwards from the strength of Boris's hit. Boris charged Omega as he tried to regain his footing. Omega collapsed the baton and threw it directly at Boris's face hitting him directly in the nose, breaking it on impact. Boris clinched his nose in pain as he leaked blood. Omega ran towards him and did a flying kick to his chest. Omega punched him in face again with a left hook then a right hook. Omega thrust kicked him in the ribs breaking several ribs with the blow. Boris was near the edge as getting closer to the edge of the helipad. Boris through a punch in attempt to throw off Omega but it didn't work. Omega grabbed his forearm and punched his elbow knocking it out of its' socket. Boris yelped with pain. "For a bodyguard, you sure are pathetic" Omega said. As he came around for a round house kick but Boris was biding his time waiting for this exact moment. As the kick came down Boris grabbed his ankle to stop the crippling blow. "and as a soldier, you know very little about tactics," Boris said as he launched Omega over the side of the helipad. Omega flew into the air dropped hundreds feet to the ground crashing directly into the shallow fountain. The cool blue water turned a dark red as blood poured out of his body.

[Camera cuts to Balalaika falling down the stairs]

Balalaika stops at the bottom of the stairs and tries to get but her arm is to badly hurt to force her up. She crawls to the door and forces it open with her weight. She grips the wall and pulls herself up with her other arm. She limps down the hallway slowly to her room but Talia stops her by grabbing the back of her hair and smashing her head into the wall. Balalaika turns over and points the AKS-74U at Talia but she kicks it out of her hands and it tumbles down the hallway. Balalaika gets up again and stands her ground. "That's the spirit, show me you know better," Talia said smiling. "What are you possibly going to gain from this?" Balalaika asked. "absolutely nothing," Talia said. "I'm just doing it because I can," she said as she side kicked Balalaika's stomach. Balalaika came at her with her good arm and knocked Talia directly in the face. She stumbles backwards from the punch but returns her punch with a kick to her head. "I can't believe you men look up to you," Talia said. Talia approached Balalaika again but Balalaika grabs her by her throat and head butted her breaking her cheek bone. "You fucking bitch!" she exclaims. Balalaika quickly moves to the gun on the ground grabs it. Talia pulls her operator and shoots the gun from Balalaika's hands. "No guns," Talia says as she holsters the operator again. Balalaika crashes through the glass of her doors as Talia performs a spinning kick to Balalaika's face swelling her eyes shut. Balalaika struggles to stay conscious. "Don't go passing out on me yet," Talia says as she pulls her head up by her hair and just looks at her. "Remember this moment, I think it will tell you a lot," Talia said. "Yeah, It tells me you talk to much," Balalaika as she reached for Talia's knife and unsheathed in and stab her in shoulder. Talia screamed as the knife went into her flesh. She fell backwards through the broken door and hit the wall. Balalaika used what last bit of strength left to get herself up and to the her desk for another gun. Talia knew that this was it so she pulled the knife from her shoulder and threw it at Balalaika as he back was turned. The knife pierced her lower back and made her collapse to the ground. The second elevator dinged and the doors opened up. Talia looked down the hall and saw Recon and his men emerge from the elevator. They ran to Talia's aid and helped her up. "Is she dead?" Recon leader asked as he looked at Balalaika. "No, far from it. She's just defeated. Let's get the hell out off this island," she said. Recon leader his men helped her down the hallway to the elevator. "Remember this day Balalaika. To underestimate someone again will be your downfall," Talia said as the elevator doors closed. As the elevator doors closed the helipad bottom stairs door opened. Boris slowly moved down the hallway and saw Balalaika lying there with the knife in her lower back. He crouched beside her and turned her over and checked her pulse. She was still very much alive which he was glad about. He picked her up and waited for the next elevator to come up so he could get her to the hospital.

The elevator made it's way down to the garage with no stops. Recon and his men loaded Talia into the car and got in themselves. As Talia took a seat she passed out. Recon and his men took Talia to one of the hospitals within Roanapur. They passed through the police check point by saying they were going home from a rough night at the bar. The police bought the story and waved them through. They slowly passed the battlefield out front and saw the bodies of Omega and Zulu teams. They floored the gas pedal and quickly headed to the hospital.

As Eda and the crew approach the battlefield they notice they were too late. Hotel Moscow had finished off Talia's forces. "Fucking A'," Eda commented. "Why am I always late to these things?" Eda asked. Eda got out of the car and strolls over to where Chief Watsup was. "Sorry Eda but we got things under control here," he said. "Yeah clearly you do because that's why you have the press filming those dead bodies over there," Eda said. Watsup looked behind him and started yelling at his men to secure the area. As Watsup dealt with the press, Eda snuck inside Hotel Moscow and went to the security room and grabbed the security tapes to see if her mission was complete. Eda casually walks out of Hotel Moscow with a bag full of tapes. "Well I guess I'll see you later," Eda said to Dutch and the gang. "What the hell about Talia?" Revy asked. "I'll let you know," Eda said as she patted her bag of tapes. She jump into the transport with the SEAL's and headed back to the church. "I think a bed is calling me," Dutch said. "This is bullshit," Revy said as she just looked at the onslaught.

[Camera slowly fades to black with the sounds of people crying and police chatter in the background. EPILOGUE. One week later. Camera opens scene with white walls and a voice paging a doctor to the ER. Camera moves to a room down a hallway zipping under gurney's and over desk. Camera tilts up to room number 212]

The man lied there with bandages wrapping his entire body, even most of his face. Rock just looked at the man the next to him then looked at his meal try then looked backed him. "Geez, I'm glad I don't have to suck food through a tube," Rock said to himself. As he ate the food he was given the door opened and Dutch, Benny, and Revy came walking in. "How can you eat that shit?" Dutch asked as he walked into the room. "It's not that bad actually. Salisbury steak anyone?" Rock offered. "Yeah, I think I'm going to pass," Dutch said. "So Rock when are you getting out of here?" Benny asked. "The doctor said in about a few days I should be ready to get on out here," Rock said with a smile. "Well don't be in to big of rush Rock, business has been slow with the lagoon out of commission," Revy said as she fiddle with the medical instrument. "Revy's right, until we get the Lagoon up and running business will be by land most of the time," Dutch said. "You still have that money got from Vanessa's business right?" Rock asked. "Yeah but that's going to build our new office down at the dock. No more living in downtown Roanapur. Then I have to pay you chumps for your time here then with whatever's left over it goes to the Lagoon, which isn't a hell of a lot," Dutch said. Dutch sighed and shook his head. "But right now it doesn't matter, it's just good to know you're still here with us," Dutch said. "Definitely," Benny chimed in. "Well we're going to get on out of her back to the house, we'll be by tomorrow," Dutch said. Benny and Dutch walked out but Revy stayed behind for a few minutes. "You really gave me a heart attack Rock. I thought I lost you," Revy said as she couldn't really look him in the eyes. "I know what you mean, but trust me I'm not going anywhere," he said. "Yeah, you better not," she said smiling that punched him in his bandaged leg. "Holy shit! Oh god that hurt!" Rock exclaimed. Revy laughed a bit and walked out of the room. Revy caught up with Dutch and Benny and headed back to the dock.

Minutes after Revy left the door opened again. "What now Revy? You want to abuse my other leg," Rock stated jokingly. Only this time it wasn't Revy it was an Asian female. She wore a dark blue suit with a white blouse underneath. Her hair was all black and tightly put into a small bun. She had very fair skin and nice lips. Though her eyes were different from all the rest of her body. Her eyes were that of a killers. She sat down next to Rock and pulled something out of her briefcase she was carrying. She didn't say anything but she opened up the folder and showed him the pictures. As soon as she saw the pictures he knew he wasn't going to keep his promise to Revy. "Rokuro Okajima," she said. "And here our sources said you were dead," she stated. "But all along you've been in this hospital," she said. "Sometimes it's always the last place you'd ever look," she said. The door opened again and in walked Eda in her habit outfit. She looked at Rock and but didn't say anything as well. The Asian lady got up and walked next to Eda and whispered in her ear. "Don't disappoint me Eda. The last thing I want to do is get rid of a good, obedient, bitch like yourself," she said. "And just in case you can't do it, well my two guards outside will be more than happy to show you how it's done. Don't take too long now Eda, I still have to brief you on your new mission," the lady said as she walked outside the room.

[Camera follows the Asian lady out the door. The door closes behind her. She speaks to the two guards standing outside the door and the guards nod. Camera continues to follow the Asian lady to the elevator. The doors open and the Camera focuses in on the man standing in the elevator. Asian lady becomes blurred and doors close behind the man. The man walks past Rocks room to room 220. Three soldiers sat outside the room.]

"Come in," a familiar voice said. The man walked in and greeted his Kapitan. "Boris, how goes everything back the office?" Balalaika asked. "I don't think I'm cut out for being a boss Kapitan," Boris said. "Well within a week or two you can have your regular job back but for now I need to you to man up and take control there," Balalaika ordered. "Yes, Kapitan" Boris said firmly. "How are things in Moscow going?" Balalaika asked. "Not well, the other bosses are still disputing about your right to be head boss," Boris said. "Those men will always try to find a way to find something that will benefit them in the long run," Balalaika said. "We are still looking for a suitable candidate to be your emissary for you. Your soldiers are more than willing to be that person for you Kapitan but I feel having a fresh face we can trust," Boris said. "Any ideas?" Balalaika inquired. "I was thinking about Rock from the Lagoon Company. He has worked with us in the past and he is quick on his feet. I think he can be excellent emissary for you Kapitan," Boris suggested. "Well you're the boss, make it happen," Balalaika said. "Yes, Kapitan," Boris said firmly again. "There is one problem though," Boris mentioned. "Boris, you are the boss until I am better. You figure this out. I'm sure what you decide we'll benefit us no matter what," Balalaika said. "Yes, Kapitan," Boris said. He turned around and exited the room.

Boris asked one of the nurses to page Rokuro Okajima doctor. The nurse was hesitant at first but after being slipped several hundred dollars she was more than gladly to page the doctor. Within 5 minutes approached the desk and asked what was wrong. "Doctor, this man would like to speak with you," the nurse said. The doctor looked at Boris and took a big gulp. "What can I do for you sir?" he asked. "Well, it's not what you can do for me but it's what you can do for our mutual friend in 212," Boris said. Boris explained the situation to the doctor and the doctor reluctantly agreed to the decision. "I want to be fully covered for this on all ends," the doctor said. "Not a problem," Boris said. "Just remember your part of the deal," Boris finished. The doctor walked into Rock's room where Eda was. She was sitting down next to him watching the television. "How's it going Mr. Okajima?" the doctor asked. "Is that leg still hurting of yours?" he asked again. "Yeah it is," Rock replied. "Well I think we got just the cure for that," he said as he waved a syringe in the air. "This will make all the pain you're feeling going away," the doctor said smiling. He stuck the syringe in his IV and went on his way.

[Camera follows the doctor out of Rocks room and down the hallway to the lounge. The camera glimpse inside the lounge briefly to see the doctor take a quick swig from a flask. Camera turns back down to moving through the hallway. Camera picks up speed and heads all the way down to the lobby where the checkout is. Camera centers on a woman and with five men waiting on her.]

"Ok Ms. Sokolov you are all set, have a nice day" the nurse said to her. "Thank you," she said as she turned around and walked out side with the five men. "Well the heat has died down Talia and you're pretty much a free woman," Recon leader said. "Though there is a matter of our payment," he mentioned. "Of course, do you have a..." Talia was interrupted as Recon leader pulled out his laptop. "Of course you do," Talia said smiling. Talia typed in her password the bank account and transferred the money in her account over to five other bank accounts. "Done," Talia said. Recon leader checked the accounts and shook her hand. "Allow us to take you to the airport at least since we will never see you again." Recon leader offered. Talia hesitated but thought that being alone for awhile would do her some good so she denied Recon leader his offer. Recon understood what she wanted and respected her wishes. The five men got into the car and started her up. As the car started up it exploded into flames. Black smoke and fire rose from the smoldering wreck. Recon leader and his men were car bombed. Talia looked around for anyone but didn't see anything. She quickly made a run for it and never looked back. About a mile away from the hospital she stopped running to catch her breath. A phone had started ringing but she didn't realize where it was coming from. She finally found the source of the ringing, it was coming from within her bag. She reached down inside and pulled a yellow satellite phone. She answered it. "Hello?" Talia said. "Did you really think I was going to let you live after you killed one of my agents?" the voice said then hung up. Talia threw the phone out into the street and looked everywhere and started running again.

[The Camera cuts to inside a black sedan with shaded windows sitting within a parking lot. A females voice says "take the shot,". Camera cuts to a scope zoomed in on Talia's body. The scope moves to her head and fires. Blood sprays out of the bullet hole through her frontal lobe all over the civilians on the street. Her body just drops to the ground like a deer being shot by a hunter.]

[Camera cuts back inside hospital.]

The explosion startles everyone inside the hospital. Everyone goes running to the windows to see what had happen. Eda got up out of the chair and checked outside. "What's going on?" Eda asked the guard. "Car bomb," he said. Eda turned around to Rock and said "It's nothing more than a car bomb." but as Eda looked at Rock he saw his heartbeat monitor go straight to flat lining. "Doctor!" Eda exclaimed. Rock's doctor came rushing in with a few nurses and started to resuscitate him. The heart monitor started beeping again but very faintly. "We need to get this kid to the OR STAT," the doctor said. The doctor rolled out Rock out of the room and moved him to the operating room. Eda and the guards followed but were stopped the guards of the hospital. Only medical staff are allowed back. "That man is a criminal," one of the guards said. "Well don't worry he will be sedated when start operating so he isn't going anywhere," the guard said. Eda and the two guards agreed to stay back. two hours passed as they waited from them to get out of the operating room. They wheeled Rock back into his room and gave him some morphine. "This man isn't going anywhere," the doctor said. "Look Eda, here's your chance. Go in there and do your job or find out what happens to agents that think they can just go rogue," the guard said. Eda walks in confidently and just sees Rock all bandaged up. She pulls out her G35 and points it at his head. "I'm sorry Rock," she said to him as she puts to bullets into his skull. Eda holsters her gun and moves outside. All the doctors and nurses are looking at the nun with the sunglasses on. The guards look into the room to double check her work. "It's done," they radio in. The three walk to the elevator and head down to the lobby and out to a black sedan with shaded windows waiting for them. Eda gets in the back with the Asian lady waiting for her. As the sedan started driving the Asian woman spoke. "You know, I was having my doubts about you Eda but you proved me wrong. I like that," she said. "Skip it Patterson, I didn't need you here to watch me do my fucking job," Eda snapped. "Yes, of course you didn't," Patterson said. She gave Eda another dossier. The dossier was labeled Top Secret. "Ever heard of the LOA?" Patterson asked. "They're called the League of Assassins, and we have sources saying that they are planning a hit within Roanapur. We need you to take them out," Patterson said.

[Camera cuts to black. A howling wind is heard in under the black screen. The blackness turns to white. A snow storm covers the St. Petersburg, Russia. Camera zooms in through window into a bedroom where a gurney lies.]

Rock wakes up to a man bringing in a telephone call. Rock can't understand what's going on but grabs the phone anyhow. "Hello, who's this?" Rock asked. "Oh it's good to hear that you are okay Rock," Balalaika said. "How's it over there?" she asked. "Where am I?" he inquires. "Well Rock, you're in St. Petersburg Russia. You have been chosen to be my emissary for the Russian Mob annual meeting. I am becoming the head chief now since Chriton had taken the liberty in hunting down all the former chiefs," Balalaika said. "See Boris thought it'd be a good idea to hire out someone we can trust and someone we've worked with before. So he took it upon himself to hire you. See back in Roanapur you're dead due to complications in your surgery you had," Balalaika stated. "What?" Rock asked. "Oh, yes it was very bad indeed to see you go. You should've seen Revy at your funeral, it was just heartbreaking," Balalaika said as if she was getting a kick out of telling him what happen. "Now back to business Rock. You will be my emissary there in Russia. You will learn the language to the best of your abilities and speak on my behalf. Do not worry you will have some notes on what to say. My former colleague Volkov Kradenko will help you and protect you while you stay there," Balalaika said. Rock started to feel nauseous and angry at the same time. "I didn't fucking ask to be this emissary, I just want to do business with my friends!" Rock yelled. "Calm down Rock, there's no need to yell," Balalaika said. "You would think I'd get some sort of thank you for not having you get killed," she said. "Well Rock you need to get your rest. Next week you start training. Just remember Rock, we can always kill you instead or perhaps kill your friends and you don't want that do you?" Balalaika asked. "No," Rock answered. "Of course you don't so stay on task Rock and make sure you do bundle up. It can get awfully cold in Russia," Balalaika said as she hung up the phone.

[Camera cuts to Roanapur, Lagoon Company office building. Camera moves up the stairs and through door then rotates facing the door. The door opens and Dutch, Benny, and Revy walk in.]

Dutch tossed the keys on the table and threw himself on the couch. Benny sat down in the chair next to the couch and took off his glasses and placed them on the coffee table. Revy walks over to refrigerator and opens the freezer and pulls out a large bottle of Vodka and heads to her room. "You can't keep killing these employees I hire Revy," Dutch said to her as she dragged her body to her room. "Don't blame me that they get in the way of my gunfire, not my fault," she said as she slammed the door behind her. "Why did Rock have to die?" Dutch asked Benny. "Roanapur is just one cruel bitch man," Benny commented. "Ain't that the truth," Dutch said as he closed his eyes.

Revy kicked off her boots and strolled over to her bed and sat down. A crunch noise was heard as she lied her head on her pillow. She sat up and looked underneath her pillow and saw a large enveloped wit no labels on it. Revy pulled out her switch blade and cut the bitch open. Inside was a videotape. Walked over the Benny's room and pushed the videotape in the VCR and pressed played. She put on the headphones and waited for some sound to come out. She waited and waited but nothing came out. As she took off the headphones a voice came on. She put the headphones back on and listened to what the voice had to say. "We are one of many that are on this island for a reason. Our reasons are not revealed to us until those who deem in necessary to tell us those reasons. You have been deemed necessary to find out your reason for being on Roanapur. We welcome you to our clan," the distorted voice said. The screen cut to a security feed dated a week ago. it was a security feed into Rock's hospital room. It showed Revy leaving the room then it showed an Asian female enter the room. "That is Michelle Patterson, she is the Liaison of International and Foreign Affairs division. The woman in the nun habit is named Eda. Last name unknown," The distorted voice said. The video cut to the most revealing part of it all. Eda pulling the gun onto Rock and shooting him in the head twice. The video replayed that part over and over for one minute to let it all sink into Revy's brain. Vodka bottle dropped the floor and so were the headphones. Revy disappeared into her room.

[Camera focuses in on the headphones. The distorted voice continues to talk. "Michelle Patterson and CIA agent named Eda are deemed targets of high valued target. Welcome to LOA, Welcome to LOA, Welcome to LOA, Welcome LOA," the distorted ghostly voice continued repeating that phrase. Scene cuts to quick images. Revy strapping in her Reapers. Revy putting clips into her pockets and pouches. Camera focuses in on Revy's boots as she tightens them. Camera cuts to black. Only sound heard is heavy footsteps moving in a quick pace. Camera cuts to Revy grabbing the keys off the table, cuts to black. A car engine roars and the sound of car tires screeching on the pavement as it peels out of the parking lot and races to its destination.]

[Ending Credits: UVERworld - Rush]

End of Season 3: The Third Volley

[Next episode of Black Lagoon]

As Revy speeds to confront you long time challenge Eda at the Church of Violence the only thoughts that fill her mind of her dying at the end of her Reapers. Dutch and Benny find the tape in Benny's room and listen and watch the tape and race after Revy upon hearing what it has said. The LOA had just set their first targets in Roanapur. As this shadowy organization begins giving out missions to mercenaries of Roanapur. There is no safe place to hide, there are no friends, there are just enemies.

[Next time on Black Lagoon, Episode One: Welcome to LOA]

Authors note

I can't believe I actually finished. It's 0845am and I worked on this episode since yesterday morning. I'm tired and I'm just so happy to have accomplished this big step for me. It took me so long to flesh out this story. There were times where I didn't think I'd be able to finish but I continued to press on no matter what. I'm like literally tearing up after this. Sorry. Deep breath Ian. Ha-ha.

So I just really want to thank those of you who read my fan fiction. I really do thank you for and giving me support and comments. Damn, I can't stress how much comments really help all writers. Good or bad they are something that make us push ourselves. I really wanted this to feel like the cartoon and a lot more too. I wanted you guys to feel as if you were watching the cartoon itself. I added pieces of the manga in it by like dying Revy's hair to black and cutting it a bit. Then I added some of my own parts like by cutting Eda's hair short and giving her a new outfit. I figured that within a good story we can't keep everything the same. We to have our characters evolve into something more than they already are to make them seem more real than fiction.

Umm I went pretty deep into the whole torture scene because I thought it added a bit more realism into the story. In the cartoon you only see glimpses of torture being performed but you don't ever really see the good stuff and I wanted to at least be one of the people who gave that chance to visualize some good torture.

Coming through the middle of the story I thought about killing Rock off but after some hard thinking I figured that it'd be best for the characters have them believe he is dead so they can react more properly. I wanted to make Balalaika show her true colors more. In the world we all want more of everything and in her case she wants more and she's willing to use anyone she has to for her to get the things she wants.

Lastly I want to encourage all of you guys to just keep reading the fics that are posted on this site and always do your best to comment on the writers work because your opinion does mean something to us.

So before I go I want to let you in on a few changes that are going to be coming up in the next season of Black Lagoon. I will be changing the intro song to something I feel fits the fic and where it's going. I felt like changing the ending song to UVERworld - Rush because of the same reason I'm changing the beginning. It just sounds better. If none of you ever listened to UVERworld - Rush, I highly recommend that you listen to it. It's such a great quick paced song. Expect lot of action in the next one. Expect some big twists and betrayls and most of all have a good time reading my fics. Thanks a bunch you guys =)

Deathglider

- almost forgot, The next season of Black Lagoon will be called....Black Lagoon: The Fourth Onslaught